Among many other issues, the 2012 election offers voters a choice between two visions on climate change and alternative energy.
Research from Dr. Dror Hawlena has determined how the presence of predators stresses their prey, and as a result changes the entire ecosystem.
Why a sudden reversal of your compass to point South is part of a natural phenomenon.
Yale researcher Katie Prudic has discovered that Bicyclus anynana, a species of African butterfly, changes its courting and mating behavior based upon the temperature in which it is raised.
In the genomes of living Galapagos tortoises, Gisella Caccone have identified the DNA of a tortoise species thought to be extinct, and is now planning a selective breeding project to revive the lost species.
Professor Mark Pagani and his collaborators have demonstrated that a rapid glaciation of Antarctica approximately 34 million years ago correlated with a 40% drop in atmospheric CO2 levels.
Recent research has found that homosexual behavior in animals may be much more common than previously thought, having been documented in over 450 animal species worldwide.
Since its founding in 2006, the Nutrient Network (NutNet), a project initiated by Professor Melinda Smith and her colleagues, has improved the consistency of ecosystem productivity measurement, and its findings are challenging the classical relationship between productivity and species richness.
Based on evolutionary and embryological evidence, Günter Wagner has provided new insight into the evolutionary relationships between the five-fingered hand and the bird’s wing, which contains only three digits.
Rather than looking at climate on global or continental scales, local climate projects such as the Yale Surface Heat Burdge Project analyze much smaller areas, such as cities or states.