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University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)
Recent News
Artist in Residence at U-M Biological Station Creating Song About Piping Plovers
Ricardo Lyra, a professional musician from Brazil, is drawing inspiration from nature and research to record an album during his artist residency at the University of Michigan Biological Station during the 2025 field season.
Loon Biologist Explores Life and Conservation of Charismatic Northern Bird
Nearly 170 people filled Gates Lecture Hall to hear Dr. Jay Mager, a behavior ecologist and professor of biological sciences at Ohio Northern University, give the Hann Lecture in Ornithology at the University of Michigan Biological Station on July 2.

Events
Featured
Jul
23
Cascades in Corn Cover Crops and Milkweeds that Make Migrating Monarchs: Chemical Ecology at the Intersection of Pest Management and Conservation
Dr. Jared Ali, Penn State
7:00 PM
Gates Lecture Hall, UM Biological Station
Upcoming
Jul
30
Nitrogen as a Driver of HABs in the Great Lakes
Dr. Silvia Newell, Michigan Sea Grant, University of Michigan
7:00 PM
Gates Lecture Hall, UM Biological Station