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Tagged Tyson turtles mourn their cantankerous city cousin

Tagged Tyson turtles mourn their cantankerous city cousin

Feb 7, 2019

For those who knew her, Georgette was a feisty drifter who lived and died in Forest Park. She was also somewhat of a local celebrity. The three-toed box turtle was one of the oldest subjects in the St. Louis Box Turtle Project.

New Student Conservation Group Launches at Tyson

New Student Conservation Group Launches at Tyson

Jan 28, 2019

The Tyson Conservation Corps (TCC) is a new student volunteer crew dedicated to conservation and ecological restoration. Students in TCC get hands-on training and experience in habitat restoration and long-term research and monitoring techniques through work on a variety of projects along side Tyson staff scientists and other professionals in the field.

Tyson Mosquito Team collaborates on population growth models

Tyson Mosquito Team collaborates on population growth models

Aug 13, 2018

Katie Westby and Kim Medley have a new paper in PLOS One. The project is the result of a unique collaboration with Associate Professor Katie Costanzo at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. After months of planning remotely, Costanzo traveled to Tyson to run an experiment in the Medley Lab.

Tyson Fellows share research experience with St. Louis Public Radio

Tyson Fellows share research experience with St. Louis Public Radio

Aug 3, 2018

We had 25 undergraduates and 12 high school students actively participating on 7 research teams this summer. St. Louis Public Radio reporter, Shahla Farzan, spent an afternoon with one of our teams learning about their research and interviewing students about their summer experience.