Thousands of fossilized fish teeth analyzed to discover periods of extinction and evolution

November 26, 2018

Elizabeth Sibert, a Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows woriking the the Lauder Lab, studied thousands of tiny fossilized fish teeth to discover how fish responded to the astroid impact that initiated a mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs. Read about how she collected the teeth, more about her... Read more about Thousands of fossilized fish teeth analyzed to discover periods of extinction and evolution

Joseph Martinez, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Newly discovered 100-million-year-old lizard described in MCZ journal

November 2, 2018

A newly discovered lizard species is described in the MCZ journal Breviora and highlighed by PBS Nova. Hardly the size of a paperclip, and entomed in 100-million-year-old amber, it is one of the smallest and most complete Cretaceous lizards ever found. Read more about Newly discovered 100-million-year-old lizard described in MCZ journal

Scott Edwards and Colleagues Awarded NSF's Dimensions of Biodiversity Funding

October 26, 2018

Congratulations to Scott Edwards and colleagues awarded the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Dimensions of Biodiversity program fund for their project, "US-BIOTA-Sao Paulo: Traits as predictors of adaptive diversification along the Brazilian Dry Diagonal." The project is... Read more about Scott Edwards and Colleagues Awarded NSF's Dimensions of Biodiversity Funding

Animal: Exploration of the Zoological World now available

October 1, 2018

Animal: Exploration of the Zoological World, a new book published by Phaidon, with an intro by our Director James Hanken, is now available for purchase.

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Javier Ortega-Hernández Granted National Researcher Level I

September 27, 2018

Congratulations to incoming MCZ Faculty-Curator in Invertebrate Paleontology, Javier Ortega-Hernández, granted the distinction of Investigador Nacional Nivel 1 (National Researcher Level I) by the Sistema Nacional de... Read more about Javier Ortega-Hernández Granted National Researcher Level I

How the mammalian backbone evolved – one region at a time

September 21, 2018

MCZ postdoc Katrina Jones, MCZ Faculty-Curator Stephanie Pierce and collaborators investigated fossils with intact backbones from museums around the world to study the origins of the regionilized spine, once thought to be unique to mammals. The reseach is published in ... Read more about How the mammalian backbone evolved – one region at a time

Mansi Srivastava receives a Maximizing Investigators' Research Award

September 5, 2018

Congratulations to MCZ Faculty-Curator Mansi Srivastava, recipient of the National Institutes of Health, Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators for her proposal,...

Iconic Kronosaurus photo replicated 60 years later

August 31, 2018

The Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) recently hosted a visit by Constance Kite, a fossil preparator in the MCZ in the 1950's, featured in an iconic image with the MCZ Kronosaurus specimen. The specimen was found in Queensland, Australia in the 1930's. The visit was highlighted in Kite's community newspaper, ... Read more about Iconic Kronosaurus photo replicated 60 years later

A better understanding of the evolution and morphology of sucking

August 28, 2018

Research led by Faculty-Curator Emeritus Alfred "Fuzz" Crompton offers insight into the evolution and morphology of sucking and suggests that monotremes, such as the echidna, lost the ability to suck as their mouths adapted to eat hard-shelled prey. The research was featured in Science. Read more about A better understanding of the evolution and morphology of sucking

MCZ ichthyologists receive ASIH awards

July 12, 2018

Congratulations to MCZ Faculty-Curator George Lauder, awarded the Joseph S. Nelson Lifetime Award, and former MCZ Curatorial Associate of Ichthyology Karsten Hartel, awarded the Spiritus Collections Award. Both awards are presented annually by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologist (ASIH) at their annual meeting, Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (JMIH). The Joseph S. Nelson Lifetime Award recognizes a member of ASIH for an outstanding body of work in any area of ichthyology and the Spirit Collections Award recognizes excellence in... Read more about MCZ ichthyologists receive ASIH awards

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