News & Updates

Announcing the 2016 YIBS Doctoral Grant Recipients!

May 12, 2016
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2016 YIBS Doctoral Pilot and Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Awards! Twenty-two doctoral students from the Schools of Forestry...

YIBS Research Spotlight: Dr. Peter Cowman, former Donnelley Postdoc

May 9, 2016
Curious about the type of research that goes on at YIBS? Check out our newest YIBS Research Spotlight on former Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellow Peter Cowman. Dr....

Announcing the 2016 YIBS Masters Research Grant recipients!

May 8, 2016
Nine master’s students from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies will use YIBS support to carry out environmental research around the country this summer....

YIBS Research Spotlight: Dr. Erin Saupe, Donnelley Postdoc

May 3, 2016
Curious about the type of research that goes on at YIBS? Check out our first YIBS Research Spotlight on Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellow Erin Saupe. Dr. Saupe...

Ancient primates in North America? Former Bass Fellow finds fossil evidence

April 21, 2016
Monkeys crossed from South America to North America much earlier than we thought. The first-ever North American monkey fossil was discovered in the Panama Canal Basin by a...

New in Field Notes: Savanna tree growth and extinction by hybridization

April 14, 2016
Explore the relationship between savanna tree growth and rainfall with the help of some elephants, and learn whether a tiny plant could be hybridizing its way to extinction...

Can "assisted evolution" save the world's coral reefs?

April 11, 2016
YIBS board member Elizabeth Kolbert asks what it will take to save the world’s coral reefs and forests in the April 18, 2016 issue of The New Yorker. She describes her...

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