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.

Nov 8, 2022

Congratulations to our colleagues in WashU Marketing & Communication! The video “Our world by degrees: In search of refuge” highlights research at Tyson Research Center and at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Nov 3, 2022

Tyson forest ecologist and WashU PhD candidate Anna Wassel is the current focus of the Smithsonian ForestGEO Spotlight Series. Learn about her career journey and how Tyson has played a role.

Aug 11, 2022

Tysonite and Living Earth Collaborative postdoctoral fellow Liz Carlen is studying how city life is changing the local populations of eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis).

May 31, 2022

Previously a member of Jonathan Myers’ Forest Biodiversity Team, Jacqueline Reu is first author on research published in the journal Ecology. The study determined that tree beta diversity matters more for ecosystem functioning than other components of biodiversity at larger scales.