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An artist’s depiction of Likweli, a new Colobus monkey species that inhabits forest canopies in the Democratic Republic of Congo and is difficult to photograph.  Illustration by Kimio Honda

Meet ‘Likweli’: A new monkey species discovered in the Congo Basin

July 15, 2026
An international team of scientists, including Yale researchers, has described a new Colobus monkey species inhabiting high forest canopies in the Democratic Republic of...
Distinctive spiral striations on the teeth of extant species of Cyclothone — the world’s most numerically abundant fish genus — match striated patterns on fossilized teeth dated to more than 55 million years ago.  Photo by Karinne Tennenbaum

Tiny teeth fossils reveal ancient origins of ocean’s most abundant deep-sea fish

July 2, 2026
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...
Southern Appalachian salamander at Grandfather Mountain State Park, North Carolina.

The secret lives of salamanders

June 22, 2026
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...
Azara's owl monkeys

Warmer temps, heavier owl monkeys: Climate linked to weight gain in primates

May 20, 2026
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...
YSE postdoctoral associate David Klinges, an incoming assistant professor at Rutgers University

A new framework: A recent paper calls for biologists to rethink how they analyze the impact of climate

May 12, 2026
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

May 5, 2026
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...
Corrie Moreau, CALS Senior Associate Dean, Moser Endowed Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity Director, and Head Curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection

Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture: Ants, microbiomes, and how I became a rainforest explorer

April 22, 2026
Professor Corrie Moreau, head curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection, has explored rainforests around the world in search of the most diverse and ecologically...

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