Dark ages: Genomic analysis shows how cavefish lost their eyes
Small, colorless, and blind, amblyopsid cavefishes inhabit subterranean waters throughout the eastern United States. In a new study, Yale researchers reveal insights into...
As the world churns — a history of ecosystem engineering in the oceans
The murky world at the bottom of the oceans is now a little clearer, thanks to a new study that tracks the evolution of marine sediment layers across hundreds of millions of ...
YIBS Faculty Affiliates help uncover a hidden trillion-strong microbial world inside trees
A team of researchers, including several Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies (YIBS) faculty affiliates, has uncovered a vast and previously unknown world living inside the...
Blast radius survivors: The lizards that endured the cataclysmic asteroid strike
An asteroid strike 66 million years ago caused a mass extinction that wiped out 75% of Earth’s animal species, including all non-avian dinosaurs. But “night” lizards survived...
This wrist’s twist is its link between dinosaurs and birds
The evolutionary path from dinosaurs to birds included the development of a tiny wrist bone that ultimately proved crucial for stabilizing wings in flight. A new study...
Study led by YIBS Faculty Affiliate Richard Prum's lab reveals mating tip for bird species: You should be dancing
When it comes to impressing the ladies, greater sage-grouse males know that smooth dance moves trump combative posturing. Indeed, new Yale research into these prairie-...
Even birds can’t outfly climate change
As rising global temperatures alter ecosystems worldwide, animal species usually have two choices: adapt to changing local conditions or flee to a cooler clime. Ecologists...
