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February 19, 2024
A new Yale-led study combines 3D images and computer animation to visualize the movements of a long-extinct dinosaur. Researchers have developed a new way to visualize how...
Snowball Earth
February 14, 2024
A new study makes the case for asteroid strikes setting in motion global glaciation in the distant past. A Yale-led research team has picked a side in the “Snowball Earth”...
The black banded gecko, shown here, is a good approximation of the physical appearance of Helioscopos dickersonae, the researchers said. (Wikipedia image)
December 5, 2023
Helioscopos dickersonae lived in North America in the late Jurassic period, 100 million years earlier than any previously known early gecko relative.Yale paleontologists have...
Noah Planavsky
November 10, 2023
Four science stars on the fast-track to impact. With the world at their feet, these prolific young researchers are making their mark.   Among the fastest-rising researchers...
Bottom left, a reconstruction of Rotaciurca superbus, otherwise known as Ezekiel’s Wheel. Top right, a fossil specimen of Rotaciurca superbus.
November 9, 2023
Yale paleontologists have identified a “problematic” fossil as an ancient sea creature that lived in the plankton 420 million years ago. The mystery of Ezekiel’s Wheel — the...
Pincelli Hull
October 26, 2023
Pincelli Hull, an associate professor in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, is a 2023 Schmidt Science Polymath fellow. Yale paleontologist Pincelli Hull, whose...
Bhart-Anjan Bhullar (Photo courtesy of National Geographic)
October 23, 2023
Yale paleontologist Bhart-Anjan Bhullar talks about his work as a scientific consultant for the new Netflix documentary series, which premieres Oct. 25. “Life on Our Planet...