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Symposium: Linking individual behavior to community responses in changing landscapes

May 13, 2019
Event Date:  Monday, May 13, 2019 - 9:00am   Location:  Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall see map  195 Prospect St New Haven, CT 06511    Biodiversity change is...

Yale Climate Day 2019

April 29, 2019
Yale Climate Day 2019 An All-day Campuswide Climate Summit May 1, 2019 8:30 AM - 5 PM Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Ave, New Haven   REGISTER HERE!  ...

Earth Environmentalism & Jazz

April 18, 2018
Article by Oswald Schmitz. Originally published in Princeton University Press Blog   Pop music icon Joni Mitchell’s song “Big Yellow Taxi”, released during the headiness of...

Yale Climate Day - May 4th, 2018

March 15, 2018
Yale Climate Day 2018, a Campuswide Climate Summit May 4, 2018   REGISTER HERE     Breakfast and Summit, 8:30 - 12:30 Location: Yale Peabody Museum’s David Friend...
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Botswana. Photo: Charlesjsharp

The importance of interpersonal communication in elephant conservation

January 21, 2018
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) populations continue to decline rapidly due to ivory poaching. A global debate within the conservation community has resulted in little...
Flipping over is a perilous hazard for the giant tortoises of the Galápagos Islands. Tim Kelley

How a giant tortoise gets off its back

December 4, 2017
The shells of tumble-prone giant tortoises on the Galapagos Islands may not do them any favors, according to a new study. The Galapagos Islands are home to multiple species...
In the community of Pau da Lima, Brazil, poor infrastructure and floods contribute to higher exposure to leptospirosis, a rat-borne disease. [Photo by Jonathan Richardson]

Using rat genetics to inform disease control in Brazil's urban slums

November 15, 2017
A research team from Yale and Providence College is using DNA analyses to combat the leptospirosis disease that plagues urban slums in Brazil. This tropical disease is...

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