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HBS in the Press

Highlands Biological Station is proud to be featured in news stories, research spotlights, and community publications across the region and beyond. Explore the clippings below to see how the Station connects science, education, and conservation in the southern Appalachians.

Press Archive · 1927–Today

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Fourteen stories from regional magazines, public radio, university newsrooms, and the local press. Filter by the part of the Station's work each one explores.

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WNC Magazine feature spread headlined Mountain Oasis about Highlands Biological Station No. 01Garden

WNC Magazine · Mar 5, 2025

Mountain Oasis

By Chloe Lieberman

A wander through the Station's botanical garden, old-growth trails, and mountain bog — the 22-acre refuge that doubles as a living laboratory on the Highlands Plateau.

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Plateau Magazine article titled A Passion for the Place featuring Highlands Biological Station No. 02Research

Plateau Magazine · Apr 3, 2025

A Passion for the Place

By Kat Ford

Associate director Jason Love on century-old herbarium and bird records, new microplastics findings in mountain headwaters, and why long-term biomonitoring matters now.

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UNC Endeavors article titled Desperately Seeking Salamanders set in the Highlands area No. 06Research

Endeavors · UNC Research · Feb 6, 2023

Desperately Seeking Salamanders

By Andrew Russell

UNC's research magazine heads to a global hotspot for amphibian science, where lungless plethodontid salamanders make the Highlands Plateau extraordinary.

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Mountain Life magazine article titled Researchers Band Birds about the Station's bird banding program No. 07Research

Mountain Life · Sep 2024

Researchers Band Birds

By Larry Griffen

Inside the Station's MAPS bird-banding program, where researchers track the health of migratory and resident songbird populations across the Plateau.

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UNC University Communications story titled Taking the Classroom to the Mountains No. 08Education

UNC University Communications · Jan 11, 2019

Taking the Classroom to the Mountains

By Rob Holliday

UNC follows undergraduates to the Highlands Field Site, where a semester in the southern Blue Ridge turns the mountains themselves into the classroom.

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Plateau Magazine article titled Soak about forest bathing at Highlands Biological Station No. 09Garden

Plateau Magazine · Jun 4, 2024

Soak

By Brendon Voelker

An invitation to slow down and try forest bathing on the botanical trails — connecting with nature among hemlocks, moss, and mountain water.

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Asheville Citizen Times Word from the Smokies column titled The Life of Insects No. 11Research

Asheville Citizen Times · Apr 26, 2025

Word from the Smokies: The Life of Insects

By Frances Figart

The syndicated Word from the Smokies column spotlights the often-overlooked world of southern Appalachian insects and the scientists working to document them.

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A black bear photographed on a street in downtown Highlands, North Carolina at night No. 13Campus

Plateau Daily News · Oct 11, 2018

What to do about bears in town

Featuring HBS field-site research

HBS field-site students compile bear-activity data toward a Highlands bear-management plan, turning nightly downtown sightings into evidence for coexistence.

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