Apr 23, 2024

Tyson researchers report on how gentrification impacts urban wildlife populations in a new publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This work also shows how gentrification further limits marginalized communities’ opportunity to connect with nature.

Apr 11, 2024

Learn about the Center for the Humanities’ Redefining Doctoral Education in the Humanities initiative to support innovative, interdisciplinary graduate work and to encourage the next generation of humanities scholars and practitioners.

Mar 19, 2024

Learn about Erin O’Connell and Doug Ladd’s lofty new endeavor: to document and preserve a physical representative of every plant species growing across Tyson Research Center’s 2,000 acres.

Jan 8, 2024

Certain populations of mosquitoes are more heat tolerant and better equipped to survive heat waves than others, according to new research from Tyson’s Team Skeet. Former undergraduate fellow Ben Orlinick is the study’s first author.

Oct 30, 2023

In recent years, WashU researchers working with the St. Louis Wildlife Project have started using acoustic recorders at their wildlife monitoring stations to detect bats for the first time.

Oct 26, 2023

With a record number of researchers for summer 2023, Tyson staff needed to reimagine the possibilities of the educational programming and make changes to a longstanding structure.

Sep 28, 2023

Amateur astronomers and professionals alike are discovering that it is increasingly difficult to find night sky viewing areas. The Tyson observatory offers local users a one-of-a-kind stargazing experience.

Apr 21, 2023

Richard W. (Dick) Coles, who served as the inaugural director of Tyson and also as an adjunct professor of biology for more than 25 years, died Dec. 10, 2022, in Longmont, Colo. He was 83. A celebration of life is planned for 1 p.m. April 29 at Tyson.

Mar 7, 2023

Scientists have conducted amphibian surveys at Tyson Research Center for years, but only recently joined a larger research network that is monitoring changes in the timing of major life events, like mass breeding. Read “Secret lives of salamanders” in the WashU Newsroom.

Jan 30, 2023

This highly sought-after NSF award is reserved for early career faculty who excel at mentoring while successfully integrating research and education. Through the TERA program, the award will provide paid internships to high school students who will work on the project with Rachel and her research team.

Dec 1, 2022

Tyson Undergraduate Fellow Colleen McDermott presented a talk on the “Humans of Tyson” project during the 2022 Kansas and Missouri Environmental Education Conference, held Nov. 4-5 in Kansas City. They also presented a poster on the ArcGIS StoryMap-based interactive project about the summer 2022 Tyson community.

Nov 28, 2022

Sam Ko and Dev Mukundan had all expenses covered to attend the SEEDS leadership meeting held at the Arizona Institute for Resilient Environments & Societies. Sponsored by Tyson, SEEDS STL is the St. Louis chapter of the Ecological Society of America’s Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity, and Sustainability Program.