Fall 2020 YIBS Newsletter

October 9, 2020

We’re excited to share our new YIBS Newsletter! We plan to distribute one of these at the start of each semester to keep everyone up to date on what we're doing.  Please enjoy our Fall 2020 edition!

News & Updates

Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture: "To know our trees" with W. John Kress

Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture: "To know our trees" with W. John Kress

November 5, 2025
Dear YIBS community, Please join us in attending the Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture: "To know our trees" with W. John Kress Date: Wednesday, November 5th from 5:00 - 6:...

Dark ages: Genomic analysis shows how cavefish lost their eyes

August 27, 2025
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

August 11, 2025
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 ...