New ideas for global warming solutions win $1M in funding

April 28, 2021

Prospecting for Functional Materials in the Entomology Collections of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a proposal by MCZ Faculty-Curator Naomi Pierce, is one of nine research projects sharing $1 million in the seventh round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund (CCSF) awards for proposals that create...

A female R. carbo red chest feather with typical simple morphology. From McCoy et al., Scientific Reports 2021

Some Male Birds Fly Under False Colors to Attract Mates, Study Suggests

April 21, 2021

Twenty specimens of tanagers — one male and one female from each of 10 different species or subspecies — in our ornithology collection were studied to investigate the connection between vibrant feathers and diet and overall health. The research was published in Scientific Reports and featured in the... Read more about Some Male Birds Fly Under False Colors to Attract Mates, Study Suggests

Zoologist, his field work on hold, falls for wildlife bird photography

April 15, 2021

With field work on hold during the pandemic, MCZ Faculty-Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Gonzalo Giribet discovered a passion (and incredible eye) for bird photography.... Read more about Zoologist, his field work on hold, falls for wildlife bird photography

Tindal named director of Harvard Museums of Science and Culture

April 13, 2021

Brenda Tindal, an award-winning educator and scholar from the International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C., has been named executive director of Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. Read the full announcement in the Harvard Gazette. Read more about Tindal named director of Harvard Museums of Science and Culture

Javier Ortega-Hernández receives NSF CAREER award

April 8, 2021

Congratulations to MCZ Faculty-Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, Javier Ortega-Hernández, recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award! This award is in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education, and the integration of these endeavors in the context of their organizations' missions.

Race, Representation, and Agassiz’s Brazilian Fantasy

April 1, 2021

The MCZ community is welcome to attend the webinar/panel discussion regarding Louis Agassiz:

Race, Representation, and Agassiz’s Brazilian Fantasy

Date: Thursday, April 1, 2021, 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Online

How do we confront the history and legacy of Louis Agassiz’s extensive archive of images of African and Indigenous Brazilians made...

black and white image of a woman working in the entomology collection, ca. 1890

Women of the Museum, 1860–1920: Behind-the-Screens at the Museum of Comparative Zoology

March 31, 2021

The Harvard Museums of Science and Culture (HMSC) celebrates Women’s History Month with the online exhibit Women of the Museum, 1860–1920: Behind-the-Screens at the Museum of Comparative Zoology which features extensive materials from the Ernst Mayr Library Special Collections and Archives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Through her careful research on the roles, lives, working...

a jar of Spotted Trunkfish in the Ichthyology collection

Scientific Specimens Are Going Online, But Much Remains Hidden In Storage

March 29, 2021

Scientific Specimens Are Going Online, But Much Remains Hidden In Storage

MCZ's Faculty-Curator of Ornithology Scott Edwards, and other museum staff around the country, talk to NPR about current programs to make specimen data available online.

Vertebrae from a Dinodontosaurus, an extinct forerunner to mammals, in the collection at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Study challenges accepted notion of mammal spine evolution

March 16, 2021

Read about research led by former postdoc Katrina Jones, working in the Stephanie Pierce lab and MCZ Vertebrate Paleontology, in the Harvard... Read more about Study challenges accepted notion of mammal spine evolution

Nature as Artist, a virtual tour at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

March 15, 2021

Nature as Artist is a new virtual tour from the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH). It features objects and specimens from the three museum collections on display in the HMNH, including the MCZ.

Nature has long inspired we humans to imagine and create art. Dancers, designers, musicians, painters, and sculptors—they are all found in the natural world. Take this virtual journey through the exhibit galleries of the Harvard Museum of...

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New ideas for global warming solutions win $1M in funding

Some Male Birds Fly Under False Colors to Attract Mates, Study Suggests

Zoologist, his field work on hold, falls for wildlife bird photography

Tindal named director of Harvard Museums of Science and Culture

Javier Ortega-Hernández receives NSF CAREER award

Race, Representation, and Agassiz’s Brazilian Fantasy

Race, Representation, and Agassiz’s Brazilian Fantasy

Women of the Museum, 1860–1920: Behind-the-Screens at the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Scientific Specimens Are Going Online, But Much Remains Hidden In Storage

Study challenges accepted notion of mammal spine evolution

Nature as Artist, a virtual tour at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

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