Past Events & Programs

April 2023

Monday, April 3

  • 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm

    Film Screening

    Pleistocene Park

    Co-presented by the Yale Peabody Museum & Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies Join us for a different way to start your week! We'll watch Pleistocene Park, have a short discussion, then close with a fun happy hour. This is open to the public, but in-person only.  …

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March 2023

Thursday, March 30

  • 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Webinar

    Opening the Third Eye

    Senses are crucial for navigating the world, but not all animals perceive their environments in the same way. A few living reptiles, like some lizards and the tuatara of New Zealand, possess a special sensory structure on the top of their heads that acts like a third eye,…

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Thursday, March 16

  • 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

    Adult Program

    FrogWatch Training Workshops

    Frogs and toads play a crucial role in wetland ecosystems and are considered indicators of environmental health. Many frog and toad populations have been in decline, and it is important to understand the scope, geographic scale, and cause of these declines. FrogWatch U.S.A… February 23 from 7:00—8:30 PM Virtual (Hosted by The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk… March 8 from 7:00—8:30 PM Virtual (Hosted by The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk… March 16 from 7:00—8:30 PM In-person at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo…

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Wednesday, March 8

  • 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

    Adult Program

    FrogWatch Training Workshops

    Frogs and toads play a crucial role in wetland ecosystems and are considered indicators of environmental health. Many frog and toad populations have been in decline, and it is important to understand the scope, geographic scale, and cause of these declines. FrogWatch U.S.A… February 23 from 7:00—8:30 PM Virtual (Hosted by The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk… March 8 from 7:00—8:30 PM Virtual (Hosted by The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk… March 16 from 7:00—8:30 PM In-person at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo…

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February 2023

Friday, February 24

  • 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

    Talk

    The Making of Crafting Worldviews

    Crafting Worldviews: Art and Science in Europe, 1500–1800 is a multidisciplinary exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery that examines the inseparable relationship among art, science, and European colonialism from the 16th through the 18th century—an era of voyage,…

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Thursday, February 23

  • 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

    Adult Program

    FrogWatch Training Workshops

    Frogs and toads play a crucial role in wetland ecosystems and are considered indicators of environmental health. Many frog and toad populations have been in decline, and it is important to understand the scope, geographic scale, and cause of these declines. FrogWatch U.S.A… February 23 from 7:00—8:30 PM Virtual (Hosted by The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk… March 8 from 7:00—8:30 PM Virtual (Hosted by The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk… March 16 from 7:00—8:30 PM In-person at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo…

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  • 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

    Webinar

    The Complexities of Indigenous Representation in the Arts

    Join Dr. Royce K. Young Wolf (Eastern Shoshone, Hidatsa, and Mandan), Yale University Presidential Visiting Fellow and the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Associate in Native American Art and Curation between the Department of the History of Art and the Yale University Art…

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Thursday, February 9

  • 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Webinar

    Photosynthesis and Evolution by Duplication

    Evolution is most often presented as the accumulation of small, random changes over many millions of years. It can be difficult to imagine how new, highly ordered features that perform novel functions can arise. Over 50 years ago, a landmark book by Dr. Susumu Ohno…

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January 2023

Tuesday, January 24

  • 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

    Talk

    A New Age of Exploration in Antarctic Biodiversity

    Antarctica is increasingly threatened by global climate change. Documenting its biodiversity and understanding the evolution of its species are critical for predicting ecosystem responses to future and ongoing environmental disturbances. The discovery and description of…

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November 2022

Wednesday, November 9

  • 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

    Talk

    Grasses and Greenery

    Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture
    with Alison Richard

    We are a species of storytellers.  The prevailing story of Madagascar evokes an island covered by timeless, lush forest, which people cut down and burned after arriving about 10,000 years ago. But the evidence points to a dynamic and changing landscape of forests and…

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