Murray State University Hancock Biological Station (HBS)

10/13/2026

We're so excited to see Andrew defend his thesis, which involved research that he completed at HBS! 🎉

You should come too!!!

10/12/2026

Cruise # 742 is in progress!

10/06/2026

EES Alumni Seminar 2026 is right around the corner!

10/05/2026

Volume on, you can hear that some were having better luck than others. 😂

10/05/2026

The Wildlife Technique's class spent the afternoon at HBS gaining hands on experience sampling Eastern Newts (𝘕. 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴). They learned about capturing and swabbing techniques.

To learn more about what they were swabbing for, check out our upcoming newsletter on NOV 10th! Click the link on our pinned posts to make sure you are subscribed!

10/02/2026

Typically hosted in the spring, this Ecologies tournament is an annual tradition! Come be apart of it!

Check out our next upcoming event!

09/29/2026

Last week we hosted a riversweep!

We had 80 participants and picked up 880lbs of trash!

We appreciated everyone who showed up and showed out!

If you participated and have photos please feel free to share in the comments!

09/25/2026

Today is Kentucky Lake monitoring cruise # 741 and ........
Gerry's 100th Cruise! 🎉🎉🎉

It takes at least 5 years of service to reach 100 cruises and that is with no cancellations of cruises and being able to participate in every cruise!

📸Gerry Harris using a spherical underwater quantum sensor to measure photon flux!

09/22/2026

Tomorrow is the big day! Come join us for our riversweep from 4pm -7pm, we will be cleaning up boat docks in our area!

Sign up through our Facebook event page so we know who's coming!

A meal will be provided to all volunteers!

Lets help keep our waterways clean!💪💦🛶❤️♻️

09/17/2026

ID this insect and the plant it inhabits for a chance to win!

Since this is our first contest like this in awhile we will accept common names. If you correctly identify, you'll be given an assigned number on Sept 22nd which will be used to randomly select a winner on Sept 23rd.

The winner will receive a packet of seeds (winners choice, all native plant options) and an HBS sticker.

Last day to enter is September 22nd. Good Luck!