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Temple University's Field Research Station
Located in Ambler, PA
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08/13/2026

This week is a bittersweet one at the Field Station as we say goodbye to one of our longest-standing members, Keri Kern!

Keri’s journey with the Field Station began even before the 2021 tornado that came through the Ambler campus. She first joined us as an undergraduate intern, helping census the pre-storm Temple Forest Observatory. Over the past five years, she has become an invaluable member of our community and an incredible resource for anyone with questions about both the pre- and post-tornado forest.

During her time here, Keri earned her bachelor’s degree in biology with teaching before becoming part of the very first graduating cohort of Temple University’s Professional Science Master’s in Sustainability program. Along the way, she dedicated countless hours to surveying our forests, mentoring undergraduate interns, leading outreach events, and conducting her own research on how tornado disturbance impacts soil carbon fluxes in our forest.

While Keri’s accomplishments are impressive, what we’ll remember most is the person behind them. She has a remarkable ability to light up every room she walks into, bringing
positivity, encouragement, and laughter wherever she goes. She has been a role model for our students, an amazing mentor, and a friend to everyone at the Field Station. Her enthusiasm and kindness have helped shape the supportive community we have at Ambler, and she will be deeply missed 🩷

We’re incredibly proud as Keri begins her next chapter as a high school biology teacher. We have no doubt she’ll inspire her students with the same passion, curiosity, and compassion that she’s shared with all of us at Ambler!

Please join us in congratulating Keri and wishing her the very best in her new position!

Keri, thank you for everything you’ve given to the Field Station. We’re going to miss you so much, but you’ll always have a home at the Temple Field Station and Temple Ambler 🌳💕🌱

08/07/2026

Yesterday, our interns had the opportunity to showcase all of their hard work from this summer at the Temple Ambler Field Station Summer Research Symposium! 🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and spent the afternoon celebrating our students and their research. Your support helps make experiences like these so meaningful!

We’re also incredibly grateful to our invited speaker, Brian Brown from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for giving a great talk. We hope everyone left with a better understanding of the important work USGS does!

Congratulations to all of our interns on a fantastic summer of research & we can’t wait to see where your work takes you next! 🌿🔬

07/30/2026

Research Highlight! 🌳🐭

Over the past few weeks, our interns have been hard at work alongside our research technician, Maddie Anglin, installing small mammal camera traps for her master’s research.

Despite the name, these aren’t traditional “traps,” they capture everything through cameras! 📸 Each station features a close-focus camera inside a bucket, with fencing that guides small mammals into the “trap”. When an animal walks through, the camera is triggered and captures a photo.

These images help us better understand when and where small mammals are active, giving us valuable insights about the wildlife in our forests.

PS: There’s 12 traps total and three 3m long fences on each trap, that’s 108m of digging! THANK YOU INTERNS for helping make this research possible! 🌿💚

07/27/2026

Next week on Thursday August 6th, at 2:30 pm, we will be hosting our summer research symposium!

Please join us to hear all about the projects our interns have worked so hard on 🌱

We also have a special talk from our guest speaker, Brian Brown from USGS, that you won’t want to miss!

See you then! ☀️

07/14/2026

Be kind to the little things that keep our world running 🐞🌿

July 14 is National Be Nice to Bugs Day! This day serves as a reminder that insects are some of nature’s hardest workers. From pollinating wildflowers and crops to providing biological control of pests and serving as bioindicators of healthy streams and soils, bugs play a vital role in keeping our natural world healthy and thriving.

Here at the field station, we’re lucky to have incredible students who spend their time researching, protecting, and appreciating our local insects! Their passion helps us better understand these tiny creatures and the big impact they have on our environment.

So, the next time you spot a bee, beetle, butterfly, or even a little spider, take a moment to appreciate the important job it’s doing. Every small creature has a place in our ecosystem!

Happy National Be Nice to Bugs Day! 🐝🪲🦋

06/18/2026

There’s so much cool science happening at the field station this summer, and we can’t wait to share more! 🌱

Over the past few weeks, our summer intern cohort has been hard at work identifying and measuring saplings in our recovering forest, helping us better understand how our forest continues to change and recover since the tornado.

This past week, we teamed up with Maddie Anglin, one of our Research Technicians and student mentors, to help begin the installation of some of her small mammal traps! 🐁🦝 We’re excited to see what species are moving through the forest and what her cameras find! 📸

06/01/2026

Last but not least, our final Senior Spotlight is: Henry McNaughton! 📷🦌

Henry began working at the Field Station last spring and has since continued work on his project, “Biolens: Temporal Filtering Software for Camera Trap Observations.” As part of the project, he has developed an AI model that processes camera trap images and identifies the animals captured in each photo.

“Hello, my name is Henry. I’m a senior Computer Science major, and this is my second semester of research at the Field Station. I study how trail camera networks can be paired with custom-built data visualization tools to better understand wildlife dynamics following disturbance. In my free time, I enjoy being outdoors—climbing, hiking, and mountain biking. Some of my favorite memories from my time here are just chatting with other interns in the field or at the Field Station!”

Congratulations to all of our senior graduates! We are so proud of you!🌱🎓

05/27/2026

Our next Senior Spotlight: Rachel Linhart! 🦇

Rachel began working at the Field Station and in Dr. Brent Sewall’s lab during her freshman year, and is this years recipient of the Field Station’s Distinguished Student Researcher Award! Her Project, “Bat Activity Across Levels of Ecological Disturbance,” explores how bat activity changes in disturbed forest ecosystems.

“At the field station, I’ve been researching the impacts of a novel disturbance on bat activity. I started my project in the summer of 2024, when I used acoustic monitoring in TFO and Robbins Park to collect recordings of bat calls. Since then, I’ve processed all my calls in SonoBat and I am working on finishing up my analysis. I have also assisted on spotted lanternfly and butterfly research projects during my time at the field station.

My favorite field station memories are all the times spent in the field over the summers that I’ve been here! After graduation, I plan on pursuing happiness, sunshine, and rainbows (and seasonal work and eventually grad school).” ☀️🌈

05/07/2026

What a bittersweet ending to our Spring 2026 semester! 🌳🦉

On Tuesday, the Temple Ambler community came together for the Graduation and Student Awards Reception to celebrate the students leaving the nest and beginning exciting new adventures. We were especially proud to recognize our Temple Ambler Field Station Researchers for their outstanding achievements and dedication throughout the year.

To all of our graduating seniors and award recipients: thank you for everything you’ve done to make this campus so special. Your passion, hard work, leadership, and curiosity have left a lasting impact, and we can’t wait to see where your next chapter takes you.

While we’ll miss seeing you around the Field Station, we couldn’t be prouder of all you’ve accomplished. And no matter where life takes you next, you’ll always have a home here. 💚

04/13/2026

You’re invited!

Join us on Friday, April 24th from 2:30–5:00 PM at the Temple Ambler Campus for our end-of-semester Research Symposium.

We’ll kick things off with a talk from our invited speaker, Dr. Clayton Traylor, highlighting his research at the field station, followed by a Q&A session. Afterwards, during the poster session, hear from our undergraduate and graduate students as they share the work they’ve conducted throughout the semester on campus.

Refreshments and light snacks will be provided.

We hope to see you there! 🌱🌳🦋🐛

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