The Friends of the Garden’s Butterfly Festival celebrated their 10-year milestone this year. Dr. Chris Barnhart, distinguished professor of biology, is working with the Roston Native Butterfly House to bring awareness to the importance of native plants to butterflies and other wildlife. Barnhart and his wife, Deb, were featured on KOLR10 News to talk about … [Read more...] about Making your garden butterfly friendly
Collectively, turtles are among the most endangered vertebrate groups on the planet, according to Dr. Day Ligon, associate professor of biology at Missouri State. Ligon was recently in Belize studying a turtle species of especially great conservation concern, the critically endangered Central American River Turtle. It Is locally known as the Hicatee. About his … [Read more...] about Studying endangered turtles in Belize
Kammie Voves and Sam Hannabass, both biology graduate students in Dr. Day Ligon’s turtle ecology lab, traveled to Chihuahua, Mexico to attend the 66th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists (SWAN). About the presentations Hannabass gave an oral presentation over her research comparing the physiological condition of alligator snapping turtles living in … [Read more...] about Biology students present, win award
College Factual recently ranked Missouri State University’s biology program in the top 15 percent of the United States for Best for the Money. Missouri State’s biology program was also ranked third in Missouri for value. About the ranking College Factual looked at several items to determine ranking: Average yearly cost of school Average time to graduate Quality … [Read more...] about Biology ranked high in Best for the Money
The second annual Missouri Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (MOLSAMP) Conference was March 8-10 in Jefferson City, Missouri. MOLSAMP encourages minorities to enter STEM fields and works to ensure their successful academic retention and graduation. This conference serves as a forum for undergraduate students from the Missouri State LSAMP alliance institutions … [Read more...] about Keeping minorities in STEM fields