A newly released study shows a link between the decline of butterflies and the use of agricultural insecticides in the Midwest. wpr.org/news/why-are-t…

A 17-year-long study covering 81 counties found that #Monarchbutterfly populations declined by over 20%. Researchers examined the impacts of #Roundup and #neonicotinoids to find out why. wpr.org/news/why-are-t…

Interested in landscapes, ecology, evolution & conservation? We have some new work for you! We synthesized perspectives on the matrix: land use or environmental conditions that differ from either species’ habitat or reference natural conditions. (1/6) annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Scott Swinton MSU CANR and Nick Haddad MSU College of Natural Science & W.K. Kellogg Biological Station found that insecticides contribute to butterfly population decline via SNEWS. spr.ly/6010lKoxI

Join us Sept. 25, virtually via Zoom or in person at KBS, for this fall's Dessert with Discussion talk. The fall 2024 speaker is KBS resident faculty member Dr. Kadeem Gilbert. His talk is titled, “Extraordinary Leaves.” buff.ly/4dDphKa

Melissa Guzman, a 2021 fellow, just published her Liber Ero research on the impact of pesticide use on wild bee distribution! Check it out: nature.com/articles/s4189… and check out the USC press release: dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/w…

Important new paper led by Melissa Guzman showing that insecticides reduce bee abundances in the United States nature.com/articles/s4189…

We are close to completion of this vitally important corridor in Sumatra, essential for elephant conservation in the region. Fewer than 20 parcels remain to purchase and restore. With a little more support, we'll soon complete the corridor! #savingnature #conservation

The Aho Biogeochemistry Lab MSU is recruiting 1 MS or PhD student for fall 2025 to work on greenhouse gases in streams, rivers, and lakes. Learn more here: aholab.com Please share! MSU Earth & Environmental Sciences EEB at MSU ASLO Opportunities Freshwater Science SFS Students

Thrilled to have אלון טל - Alon Tal at KBS to present his latest book “Making Climate Tech Work: Policies that Drive Innovation”. 📖 Join us in person or on zoom this Friday the 20th at 10:45am est 🌳☁️🔄

Breaking my social media hiatus to promote mine and Moriah Young's new paper!! We look at how warming & herbivory interact to affect multiple plant traits, and we point to the need for more long-term studies that include abiotic and biotic stressors 🌱 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

MSU’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station serves as a hub for groundbreaking research in ecology, evolution, agriculture and environmental sustainability that benefits the state and beyond. msutoday.msu.edu/news/2024/unpa…

The Smith Agroecology Lab at MSU is hiring a #postdoc in agroecology, with an emphasis on bird conservation in agricultural systems. This position will work with the Kellogg Biological Station LTER! Please share with your networks! Olivia Smith careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/5…

Trends in mean number per week on 35 years of Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects: - not much change in spring butterflies - few butterflies early June - summer peak now 3 weeks earlier - summer peak now halved - more extra gen in Sep (climate change and Nitrogen)

With more than 4,000 acres, the Kellogg Biological Station is MSU’s largest off-campus education complex and one of North America’s premier inland field stations. go.msu.edu/F7C5

What an honor to be the final stop on the first-annual #SpartanBusTour! We were visited by MSU President, Kevin Guskiewicz, and 60 faculty and staff from across the departments (and even a red tailed hawk)!

Dutch Butterfly Monitoring recorders counted more than 10,000km of transects last year. Since 1990 they counted 200,000km of butterfly transects, which is 5 times around the world (which has a circumference or 40,000km). They counted >8 million butterflies.

New research from Kellogg Biological Station LTER in Ecology! 7 year study found warming causes plants to grow earlier, but only when insects are present - without accounting for this biotic interaction, we cannot fully understand how #climatechange will impact plants. kbs.msu.edu/2024/10/kbslte…

This study further implicates insecticides in the rapid decline of butterflies. Pervasive sublethal effects of agrochemicals on insects at environmentally relevant concentrations | Science science.org/doi/full/10.11…