• Map of Life

    Putting biodiversity on the map.

  • Max Planck-Yale Center

    The Max Planck-Yale Center for Biodiversity Movement and Global Change is a partnership between Yale University and its Center for Biodiversity and Global Change and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.

  • Jetz Lab

    Work in our group addresses the patterns and processes behind the distribution of species and their traits in space and time.

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BGC at Half-Earth Day Event: Our Shared Future

October, 2022
Just ahead of Half-Earth Day, the Yale BGC Center members attended “Our Shared Future: A Celebration of Half-Earth Day” in Washington, D.C., on October 13th to present...

Emily L. Sandall, Ph.D. of Yale University Selected as AAAS S&T Policy Fellow

August, 2022

Emily Sandall, former postdoc at the BGC Center, is among 300 fellows in the 50th class.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is...

Global Country Checklists for Odonata

July, 2022

In a study led by Yale BGC postdoc Emily Sandall and co-authored by former postdoc Stefan Pinkert and Walter Jetz,...

Jack Dangermond (Founder & President of Esri) & Sean Breyer (ArcGIS Living Atlas) Visit BGC

April, 2022

Our friends Jack Dangermond and Sean Breyer of Esri visited the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change this week. Our day was filled with presentations and...

Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

April, 2022

More than 18,000 georeferenced expert range maps for all mammals are now available for exploration and download on...

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