Itasca

2024 Itasca Field Bio Info Session

Learn what it’s like to live and learn at Itasca Biological Station at an upcoming virtual info session.

2024 Itasca Field Bio Info Session

Learn what it’s like to live and learn at Itasca Biological Station at an upcoming virtual info session.

The research bug

I fell in love with Itasca and field research as an undergraduate. I returned this summer as a graduate student to study Giant Water Bugs.

Meet the 2023 Itasca interns

Itasca Biological Research Station interns Madie, Lou and Alex offer insight into their summer up north.

CBS people: Emily Schilling

Itasca’s new associate director brings a background in biology and a passion for field education, research and public engagement to the role.

A match made at Itasca

David and Linda Maschwitz met over a sink of dishes at Itasca Biological Station Laboratories. Their connection to each other and the station has lasted a lifetime.

Field guide

IBSL instructor Brian Wisenden’s animal behavior course at Itasca gives students a deeper perspective on field research.

What's to love about winter?

Station Biologist Dan Brumm offers a handful of reasons researchers and students brave the cold and head north.

Bluebird friends

Research on bluebirds and their parasites at Itasca inspires a scientific collaboration across the birds' range.

The Summer of ’65

An Itasca love story — part 1 and 2.