Talk

Cinderella’s Secrets

Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture
with Jessica Thompson, Assistant Curator of Anthropology

Pioneering paleoarchaeologist J. Desmond Clark once described what is now the country of Malawi as the “Cinderella of central African prehistory”. Nearly 70 years later, teams led by Yale professor Jessica Thompson are proving it. In this year’s Edward P. Bass…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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