YIBS Faculty Affiliate Martha Muñoz receives MacArthur grant
Yale evolutionary biologist and YIBS faculty affiliate Martha Muñoz, whose study of the “brakes and motors” of evolution in reptiles, amphibians, and fishes has yielded novel...
Ephemeral Streams Likely to Have Significant Effect on U.S. Water Quality
A groundbreaking study co-authored by Yale researchers has quantified the significant effects of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the nation’s water quality....
Fifty-Three Experts Weigh in on the Global Methane Budget
A recent study involving our Hutchinson postdocs from Theme II: Climate and Greenhouse Gases, along with YIBS faculty affiliates Noah Planavsky and Peter Raymond, sheds new...
Three YIBS Faculty Affiliates recognized with FAS Awards
The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies is proud to announce that three of its faculty affiliates have been honored with prestigious awards in recognition of their...
Sea of love: Behind the unusual sexual parasitism of deep-water anglerfish
As the planet’s most expansive ecosystem, the deep sea can be a tough place to find a mate. Though, scientists say, some deep-sea anglerfishes evolved a unique method...
Elimelech awarded the Connecticut Medal of Technology for pioneering work
Menachem Elimelech, the Sterling Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale, has been awarded the Connecticut Medal of Technology, the state’s highest...
Study of slowly evolving ‘living fossils’ reveals key genetic insights
Yale researchers have discovered evidence of why a fish group, considered “living fossils,” has existed largely unchanged for tens of millions of years.
In 1859, Charles...
