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Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture: The World Without Evolution? with Andrew Hendry

April 23, 2025
Dear YIBS community, Please join us in attending the Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture: The World Without Evolution? with Andrew Hendry Date: Wednesday, April 23rd from...
Mixodectes pungens, small mammals that inhabited western North America 62 million years ago, weighed about 3 pounds, dwelled in trees, and largely dined on leaves. Illustration by Andrey Atuchin

A 62-million-year-old skeleton sheds light on an enigmatic mammal

March 11, 2025
For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery. What little was known about...
Snail darter

Fish at center of key conservation fight not a distinct species after all

January 3, 2025
In the late-1970s, a small freshwater fish known as the snail darter made history when its newly acquired status as an endangered species helped to temporarily block...
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YIBS Faculty Affiliate Brandon Ogbunu receives National Academies Award

January 2, 2025
Yale computational biologist and YIBS faculty affiliate Brandon Ogbunu, whose research investigates complex problems in epidemiology, genetics, and evolution, has been...
An X-ray image of a helmeted guineafowl used to precisely measure the knee-joint poses of the bird.

Thanksgiving special: dinosaur drumsticks and the story of the turkey trot

November 20, 2024
Wings may be the obvious choice when studying the connection between dinosaurs and birds, but a pair of Yale paleontologists prefers drumsticks. That part of the leg, they...
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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...

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