Susan Flowers

February 4, 2022

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7 years of Tyson forest 'seed rain' contributes to global study

Susan Flowers

February 4, 2022

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Jan 24, 2022

A new study co-authored by Tyson researcher Jonathan Myers provides key insights into how and why tree populations migrate in response to climate change at the continental scale.

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Meet Sam Ko, Tyson Tick Hunter

Apr 30, 2025

Tyson undergraduate researcher Sam Ko has been studying ticks for the last year of her college career. Her legacy will be confirming the arrival of a tiny invasive species raising big concerns.

Tyson tick expert interviewed on St. Louis Public Radio

Mar 18, 2025

Solny Adalsteinsson, Tyson senior staff scientist, was interviewed on St. Louis on the Air about the first finding of the longhorned tick in St. Louis County.

Tyson scientists contribute to study on mammal activity patterns

Mar 14, 2025

St. Louis Wildlife Project collaborators Solny Adalsteinsson, Beth Biro, and Whitney Anthonysamy contributed local data to a global study of mammalian temporal activity. Findings published in Science Advances indicate that the timing of daily activities is highly changeable under human environmental impacts.

Invasive longhorned tick discovered at Tyson

Feb 27, 2025

WashU researchers recently identified the first longhorned tick found in suburban St. Louis County. In concert with Tick Watch STL, the researchers will conduct additional tick investigations in the region.

New ForestGeo paper advances understanding of global biodiversity patterns

Feb 26, 2025

Jonathan Myers, Professor of Biology and Tyson’s ForestGeo PI, collaborated with 36 investigators across 21 ForestGeo plots to assess aggregation patterns in forests across latitudes.

Tyson welcomes first cohort of TCC interns

Jan 23, 2025

Starting this past fall semester, Tyson has launched a paid internship program through the Tyson Conservation Corps (TCC). The TCC Internship program seeks to keep WashU undergraduates connected to Tyson’s research, education, and community during the academic year.

Nothin' but pawpaws in the pawpaw patch

Jan 9, 2025

A new study led by WashU graduate student Anna Wassel and her research team at Tyson Research Center uncovers how pawpaw trees upend the typical dynamics of plant competition in forest understories, fostering a habitat that is more random and unpredictable.

Tyson provides drone's-eye view of the flooded Meramec River

Nov 15, 2024

When the Meramec River flooded, students in the "Geospatial Field Methods" course in Arts & Sciences had an opportunity to study a significant regional event in real time.

WashU researchers studying urban heat islands and their impacts on public health

Aug 27, 2024

KMOV reporter Nathan Vickers talks to Heather Navarro, director of the Midwest Climate Collaborative, and Kim Medley, director of Tyson Research Center, about the impacts of urban heat islands.

Tyson Research Center gets local high schoolers involved in research

Aug 13, 2024

Launched in 2009, the Tyson Environmental Research Apprenticeship (TERA) program has provided about 200 mentored field research opportunities to high school students from across the St. Louis region. TERA aims to treat high schoolers like undergraduate students, giving them more responsibility than they’ve likely had before and holding them to high expectations.