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Jane Goodall wearing a ribbed turtlneck and floral shawl.
November 3, 2025
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Reflections from scientists and passionate conservationists on the impact of a groundbreaking scientist, conservationist, and sometimes colleague.
People standing in a solar park
October 23, 2025
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The project will give farmers and local leaders science-based guidance to make informed decisions about land use and renewable energy.
Woman in boat fishing using a large casting net and a net on a pole.
October 21, 2025
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Local adaptations could hold important keys for species survival.
Man smiling at the camera holding a jar containing a preserved animal specimen.
August 27, 2025
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Evolutionary biologist Chan Kinn Onn joins MSU's College of Natural Science and the MSU Museum to head the facility's vertebrate collection.
Eastern Massasauga Rattle Snake
August 18, 2025
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Inbreeding is hurting Michigan’s only rattlesnake. A long-term study shows how. 
The photo is a close-up headshot of Jeff Barrick.
August 7, 2025
Barrick re-joins the MSU community to continue a landmark experiment and expand his research on honeybee microbiomes.
A sign attached to a wooden post, surrounded by barbed wire. The sign warns readers not to enter the area ahead as it is a bombing range.
July 28, 2025
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Spartan scientists are using the range to test something other than weapons: innovative strategies to save threatened species.
A woman in a park ranger outfit stands in the woods.
June 13, 2025
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Kate Reitz, a 2012 environmental biology and zoology graduate in Michigan State University’s College of Natural Science, works as a biological science technician in Sleeping Bear Dunes
An adult rough-skinned newt rests in the gloved hand of doctoral student Sam Westcott.
May 30, 2025
A cross-disciplinary team of MSU researchers aims to identify the genes responsible for producing one of nature’s most powerful neurotoxins.
A rhinosceros in her habitat
May 21, 2025
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Mariah Meek, a conservation biologist and molecular ecologist at Michigan State University, explains how the Trump administration’s proposed changes will impact the Endangered Species Act.
Portrait o a person with a bird sitting on their hand.
April 30, 2025
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New Michigan State University research reveals a significant oversight in some academic publishing that could limit access for scientists with disabilities.
Elena Litchman headshot
April 30, 2025
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MSU ecologist Elena Litchman, a University Research Foundation Professor of aquatic ecology, was awarded a Fellowship from one of the world's premier ecological research societies.
Beaumont Tower on Michigan State University's campus
March 28, 2025
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Michigan State University has named nine recipients of the 2025 MSU International Awards, presented by International Studies and Programs.
Portraits of four MSU faculty
March 28, 2025
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“This year’s class of fellows are the embodiment of scientific excellence and service to our communities,” said Sudip Parikh, AAAS chief executive officer and executive publisher of the Science family of journals
A pair of dorcas copper butterflies, a North America native species, and one of the 324 species studied in this report. Photo by David Pavlik, Michigan State University
March 6, 2025
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Butterflies are disappearing in the United States. All kinds of them — and at a rate scientists call alarming.