Museum of Comparative Zoology - Harvard University

Encyclopedia of Life at the MCZHarvard University is one of the Encyclopedia of Life's (EOL) five cornerstone institutions. Harvard's MCZ hosts the Education & Outreach component, which is developing EOL as a resource for public audiences, from school children to citizen scientists. The EOL is a constantly evolving, online encyclopedia that will offer scientifically verified, multimedia web pages for all 1.8 million known species of Earth's living organisms.

MCZ News & Events

Gonzalo Giribet curates HMNH's new exhibit "Mollusks: Shelled Masters of the Marine Realm." Read about it in the Harvard Gazette.

The MCZ’s 2010-2011 Annual Report is available to view online.

EOL announces the Education Innovation Challenge, an international competition to create engaging and educational software tools, services, or games focused on discovering and understanding the living world using EOL content.

The Biodiversity Heritage Library is on iTunes U. Download pdfs of BHL books to your desktop or mobile device. The Ernst Mayr Library is one of the founding members of BHL.

A paper co-authored by Jonathan Losos and published in the journal Science helps settle the "founder effect" controversy surrounding how populations adapt to new environments. Article in Science Daily, Feb. 2, 2012.

Rosario Castañeda, who will begin working in the Losos Lab in March, has been selected as a 2012 Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Rubenstein Fellow. The EOL Rubenstein Fellows program supports the research of a diverse group of scientists who are committed to online collaboration and outreach. Read more about Rosario's research on Anolis lizards here.

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