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.
Jul 24, 2024
Kathleen Berger, HEC executive producer for science and technology, covered our favorite wildlife monitoring project in Caught on camera! The St. Louis Wildlife Project captures animal diversity and interactions.
Nov 11, 2018
Tyson researchers, Katie Westby and Lexie Beckermann, traveled to Vancouver, BC, Canada November 11-14 to present their research at the 2018 Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America.
Sep 24, 2018
Tyson staff headed to the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park for the 53rd annual meeting of the Organization of Biological Field Stations, September 19-21. With a theme of “Partnerships and Collaboration”, several sessions were dedicated to developing relationships, engaging community, and building networks.
Jul 27, 2018
Tyson Undergraduate Fellow and McNair Scholar Derek McFarland presented his research, "Prevalence of Babesia sp. parasites in a population of Carolina Wrens," at the Saint Louis University McNair Summer Research Symposium.
Jul 25, 2018
The journal Global Ecology and Biogeography features a cover publication which includes data from our Forest GEO plot. This work highlights the importance of protecting large-diameter trees to conserve ecosystem services.
May 16, 2018
WashU senior Thomas Van Horn recently had his publication in the Journal of Medical Entomology featured in Entomology Today! A member of the Tyson community since 2012, Thomas participated in all three of Tyson's field research training programs and is now headed to the WashU School of Medicine.
