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Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture - Coral Reef Odyssey with Jeremy Jackson

November 13, 2024
Dear YIBS community, Please join us in attending the Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture: Coral Reef Odyssey with Jeremy Jackson Date: Wednesday, November 13th from 5:00...
Life reconstruction image of Lomankus edgecombei in its natural marine environment

YIBS Faculty Affiliate Derek Briggs and Team Uncover New Fossil Species Preserved in Fool's Gold

October 29, 2024
Yale paleontologist, YIBS faculty affiliate, and former YIBS Director Derek Briggs, who has long explored the origins and evolution of arthropods, has helped identify a new...

YIBS Faculty Affiliate Martha Muñoz receives MacArthur grant

October 2, 2024
Yale evolutionary biologist and YIBS faculty affiliate Martha Muñoz, whose study of the “brakes and motors” of evolution in reptiles, amphibians, and fishes has yielded novel...

Ephemeral Streams Likely to Have Significant Effect on U.S. Water Quality

June 27, 2024
A groundbreaking study co-authored by Yale researchers has quantified the significant effects of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the nation’s water quality....

Fifty-Three Experts Weigh in on the Global Methane Budget

June 26, 2024
A recent study involving our Hutchinson postdocs from Theme II: Climate and Greenhouse Gases, along with YIBS faculty affiliates Noah Planavsky and Peter Raymond, sheds new...

Three YIBS Faculty Affiliates recognized with FAS Awards

June 13, 2024
The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies is proud to announce that three of its faculty affiliates have been honored with prestigious awards in recognition of their...

Sea of love: Behind the unusual sexual parasitism of deep-water anglerfish

May 23, 2024
As the planet’s most expansive ecosystem, the deep sea can be a tough place to find a mate. Though, scientists say, some deep-sea anglerfishes evolved a unique method...

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