YIBS Newsletter - Spring 2021

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February 11, 2021

Dear YIBS community, 

We’re very excited to share the YIBS Spring Newsletter with you! Please take a moment to click on the link below, and feel free to reach out with any/all suggestions for improvements. 

YIBS Spring Newsletter 

Thank you and enjoy!

Michael Donoghue
Sterling Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
Director of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies 
Yale University 

News & Updates

Close-up of a male greater sage-grouse ‘strut’ display

Study led by YIBS Faculty Affiliate Richard Prum's lab reveals mating tip for bird species: You should be dancing

May 30, 2025
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-...
A cactus wren

Even birds can’t outfly climate change

May 28, 2025
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...
Thomas Near and others have discovered two darter species — the Gurley Darter and the Birmingham Darter — in the Mobile River system in central Alabama.

YIBS Faculty Affiliate Thomas Near and others find two new fish species in Alabama streams — and they’re already imperiled

April 29, 2025
Yale researchers have discovered two new species of darter — small, colorful freshwater fishes — inhabiting short stretches of creeks and streams in central Alabama.  And...