Environment

New residents of Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray colleges will find their rooms and common rooms furnished with items that promote sustainability and health.

Paintings by one of the world’s most notable wildlife artists are featured in a new exhibit at the Yale Peabody Museum.

Ryan Simpson (Yale College ’17) was one of the first students to sense a new opportunity for experimentation and learning on the vast 136 acres of West Campus.

The prize honors “an outstanding early career ecologist who is starting to make a significant contribution to the science of ecology.”

A team of researchers has found that the Lyme disease bacterium is ancient in North America, circulating silently in forests for at least 60,000 years.

James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and co-director of the Agrarian Studies Program (Yale University Press)

The Hixon Center for Urban Ecology will co-host the annual Hixon Conference in Burke Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 13.

William R. Burch, Jr., professor emeritus at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Yale University Press)

Sustainability will be as much a part of daily life at Pauli Murray and Benjamin Franklin Colleges as leisurely strolls across the courtyards.

Fred Strebeigh, senior lecturer, describes how Russia became a global conservation pioneer, having nature preserves totaling 68 million acres.