A new study by researchers at Yale and George Washington University examines the human threats to the amphibian family tree and calls for a rethinking of conservation priorities to preserve species diversity and evolutionary heritage.
Amphibians represent...
Scientists have identified a new species of reptile from prehistoric Connecticut and, boy, does it have a mouth on it.
Named Colobops noviportensis, the creature lived 200 million years ago and had exceptionally large jaw muscles — setting it apart from...
A new, ground-based spectrometer designed and built at Yale represents the most powerful step yet in the effort to identify Earth-sized planets in neighboring solar systems.
The new instrument, the Extreme Precision Spectrometer (EXPRES), is now...
Scientists have found a new way to work with heterogeneous catalysts, which are key chemical drivers in the development of energy technology and the production of industrial chemicals.
The new approach offers a detailed glimpse of mechanisms at the...
Researchers at Yale and the University of California-Riverside recently identified a key similarity in the way water oxidation occurs in green plants and bacteria during photosynthesis.
The researchers, who published their findings in the Journal of...
Yale researchers have developed a set of synthetic molecules that may help boost the strength of a key, virus-fighting protein.
The protein, RIG-I, is an important sensor in the immune system of humans and other animals. It recognizes and responds to...
A new look at mountain birds is helping Yale University researchers test long-held assumptions about species richness in high elevations.
The idea that species diversity decreases as you move into higher elevations — after a potential peak at middle...
Scientists have identified a mineral signature for sites that are more likely to contain rare fossils that preserve evidence of soft tissue — essential information to understanding ancient life.
Much of what we know about the earliest life on Earth comes...
Five Yale faculty members are among 126 U.S. and Canadian researchers who were awarded a $65,000 Sloan Research Fellowship to advance their work.
The fellowship program honors early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify...