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Department of Biological Sciences

Environmental Science and Design Research Institute
ESDRI fellows meeting

Spring Plant Sale

The annual Spring Plant Sale at the Herrick Conservatory offers a chance for Flashes to add more green into their gardens and homes. Students help grow the plants and paint rain barrels. The event helps raise funds for several biology-focused student organizations. 

Turtle Bay Wetland

Kent State researchers are studying how the presence of waterfowl contributes to the health of wetland ecosystems. 

Chimney Swifts appear on tiles on structure in Downtown Kent.

Since she was a child, Caitlyn Skilton, a recent graduate of the zoology program at 5X社区, has harbored a passion for ecology, with a deep love for birds of all kinds. She chose to extend this love in her undergraduate work at Kent State. On December 1, Skilton, who also minored in photojournalism, hosted a reception for her 鈥淔light of the Chimney Swift鈥 immersive multimedia exhibit in the Design Innovation (DI) Hub鈥檚 Blank_Lab. 

Forest photo by Robert Boyd

Kent State researchers are studying the ways that insects help in the recovery of forests. 

The Herrick Conservatory by night.

The greenhouses behind Cunningham Hall cast a warm glow at night.

dung beetle in a young girl's hand

Insects, including dung beetles, are essential contributors to our ecosystem, but their populations are facing alarming declines, according to recent research. 5X社区 Associate Professor Christie Bahlai, Ph.D., an expert at tracking insect populations, spoke to Nebraska Public Media about the issue.