River Erosion Drives Fish Biodiversity in the Appalachians
The gradual erosion of layers of rock by rivers flowing through the Appalachian Mountains generates biodiversity of freshwater fish species, suggests a new Yale-led study...
Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture - Cinderella’s Secrets: The Unexpected Story of Human Evolution and Ecosystem Change in Africa
Dear YIBS community,
Please join us in attending the Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture: Cinderella’s Secrets: The Unexpected Story of Human Evolution and Ecosystem Change...
Pleistocene Park: Film Screening
Pleistocene Park: Film Screening
Monday, April 3rd at 3:30 PM
Yale Science Building, O.C. Marsh Lecture Hall
Join us for a different way to start your week! The Yale...
Study Reveals Biodiversity Engine for Fishes: Shifting Water Depth
Fish, the most biodiverse vertebrates in the animal kingdom, present evolutionary biologists a conundrum: The greatest species richness is found in the world’s tropical...
It Takes a Village: A Paleoanthropologist's Journey Leads to Community
For nearly two decades, assistant professor of anthropology at Yale, curator at the Yale Peabody Museum, and YIBS affiliate, Jessica Thompson has investigated the history of...
Joint Mobility as a Bridge Between Form and Function
In a recent article published by the Journal of Experimental Biology, Armita Manafzadeh (YIBS Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Associate) examines how joints enable nearly all...
A Pair of Lizard ‘Kings’ from the Old, Old West
Yale researchers have identified the oldest-known, definitive members of the lizard crown group that includes all living lizards and their closest extinct relatives. The two...
