This winter in Washtenaw County has been notably colder and snowier than most of the past decade. It has created inconveniences and hardships. But there may be some benefits to all of the snow and col...

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Captive breeding serves as a critical conservation strategy for vulnerable shorebirds.

Candice Everett, the academic program manager at the University of Michigan Biological Station, uses daily weather data to create temperature blankets in her cabin at the Pellston campus during the sp...

The University of Michigan Biological Station is recruiting students from across the country for its undergraduate research fellowship program that runs June 15 – Aug. 7, 2026, and includes mentors, a...

The deadline is Feb. 1 for research proposals, renewals and fellowship applications for the 2026 field season at the University of Michigan Biological Station. The Nature Day Camp for children is avai...

Mites may seem like a common pest, but for riverfront grapes, they are actually pretty helpful to have around.

Plant microbiomes have the potential to mitigate the impacts of climate change, yet both the complexity of climate change and the complexity of plant–microbe interactions make applications and future....

Warming temperatures can promote arctic tree seedling establishment and growth, but these effects depend on the environmental context and the seedlings' capacity to acquire limiting resources. Here, ....

Phosphorus (P) limits plant productivity in high-elevation ecosystems, yet the microbial networks that mobilize P, including arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and phosphorus-cycling bacteria (PCBs), r...

In the longest-running field warming experiment of its kind, researchers have documented dramatic shifts in high-elevation mountain meadows, revealing that changes in climate alter not only the plants...

On Wednesdays at 7 p.m., topics include the fascinating world of fungi, how climate change affects your health, all about the Common Loon, manoomin (wild rice) restoration, and nitrogen as a driver of...

On Wednesdays at 7 p.m., topics include the fascinating world of fungi, how climate change affects your health, all about the Common Loon, manoomin (wild rice) restoration, and nitrogen as a driver of...

For more than 20 years, a volunteer corps of friends and neighbors to the University of Michigan Biological Station has helped with property management projects. UMBS leaders plan to expand the Stewar...

The journal Ecology and Evolution published a research paper co-authored by all students in the 2024 Insights From Trees class at the University of Michigan Biological Station evaluating the abundance...

Researchers used long-term sap flow data and eddy covariance observations from a forest at the University of Michigan Biological Station to develop a model, called FETCH4, for simulating the movement ...

EEB's graduating seniors share their plans for next year, their favorite EEB moment, and give some great advice for incoming undergrads!

The journal Ecology and Evolution published a research paper co-authored by all students in the 2024 Insights From Trees class at the University of Michigan Biological Station evaluating the abundance...

On Wednesdays at 7 p.m., topics include the fascinating world of fungi, how climate change affects your health, all about the Common Loon, manoomin (wild rice) restoration, and nitrogen as a driver of...

Seeta Goyal is an assistant attorney general in the environmental bureau of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. Her brother Dr. Kiran Goyal is a third-year medical resident in vascular surgery at ...

Researchers used long-term sap flow data and eddy covariance observations from a forest at the University of Michigan Biological Station to develop a model, called FETCH4, for simulating the movement ...

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Friends and alumni of the University of Michigan Biological Station are invited to return to the shores of Douglas Lake with their families in August 2025 for Alumni Weekend. Advance registration and ...

Molly and Chris West met at the University of Michigan Biological Station in 2013 and spent seven straight summers at the campus along Douglas Lake. Molly is now a cancer researcher at Michigan Medici...