Meet ‘Likweli’: A new monkey species discovered in the Congo Basin
An international team of scientists, including Yale researchers, has described a new Colobus monkey species inhabiting high forest canopies in the Democratic Republic of...
Tiny teeth fossils reveal ancient origins of ocean’s most abundant deep-sea fish
The deep sea, which is typically defined as depths of at least 200 feet, is home to 90% of marine fish life, but the fishes that inhabit it are poorly represented in the...
The secret lives of salamanders
For her doctoral dissertation, Yale’s Nathalie Alomar decided to study a small amphibian that appeared to have eluded the forces of evolution.
She found that there is more...
Warmer temps, heavier owl monkeys: Climate linked to weight gain in primates
Azara’s owl monkeys, a small primate species found in South America, are heavier today than those that lived a quarter-century ago, and evidence suggests that rising...
A new framework: A recent paper calls for biologists to rethink how they analyze the impact of climate
By Steve Scarpa
A new paper calls for ecologists and evolutionary biologists to consider how organisms experience climate rather than how weather stations record it when...
YIBS Faculty Affiliate Derek Briggs leads landmark fossil study
Derek Briggs, Yale paleontologist and YIBS faculty affiliate, is the lead author of a major new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B that sheds new light on...
Yale Biodiversity Day 2026
By Steven Scarpa
The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies (YIBS) and Yale Planetary Solutions held Biodiversity Day on April 28, an event dedicated to highlighting and...
