Jul 12, 2018

A simple email request from undergraduate fellow Hayley Huntley has spurred the return of community music making on Thursday evenings at Tyson. "I wanted to reignite this tradition because both music and science are a big part of my life."

Jun 13, 2018

A wildlife biologist and ecologist, Owen was a professor at Washington University from 1956 to 1998 and a key advocate for the purchase of the 2,000-acre Tyson property in 1963. He served as director of Tyson from 1996-99.

May 24, 2018

We have kicked off the summer field season at Tyson! For our first Thursday seminar Jonathan Myers hosted Brian Sedio of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

May 8, 2018

The room was packed at the Daniel Boone Branch of the St. Louis County Library as Tyson Staff Scientist Dr. Solny Adalsteinsson gave a public talk on ticks, tick-borne diseases in Missouri, and prevention strategies.

May 3, 2018

Tyson Staff Scientist Dr. Solny Adalsteinsson and Director Dr. Kim Medley comment on the implications of a recent study of lone star tick abundance.

Apr 10, 2018

Rachel Becknell has been quite busy with some large machines as she sets up two bays of the research garden for her PhD dissertation project. When finished, she will have established 88 1m x 1m prairie plant communities with four different underlying soil microbial communities.

Apr 5, 2018

Former Tyson undergraduate fellows Maya Dutta and Emma Waltman are part of the Washington University Climate Change Program (WUCCP).

Mar 1, 2018

Congratulations to TERFer Owen Kathriner and SIFTer Margie Lodes! They placed as finalists in the Honors Division of the St. Louis Science Fair on February 24, 2018.

Feb 20, 2018

At Tyson we are always interested in thinking about ways to reduce the environmental impact of our operations. This semester Pete Jamerson, Tyson facilities manager, is helping students in the WashU Sustainability Exchange design a conceptual plan for Tyson to run on 100% solar energy power.

Feb 16, 2018

Evelyn Valdez-Ward has been sharing the story of how her undocumented status has affected her life as an eco-physiologist-in-training. Now a PhD student at the University of California, Irvine, she worked with Tyson researchers Scott Mangan and Claudia Stein during the summers of 2014 and 2015.

Feb 13, 2018

Recent research published in Parasites & Vectors by Tyson Staff Scientist Solny Adalsteinsson and her colleagues is explained in an article by WashU's news service, The Source.