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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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

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,...

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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

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

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

Research led by MCZ postdoc, Oriol Lapiedra, demonstrates natural selection's impact on behavior of Anolis lizards.  The research is featured in the Harvard Gazette and was partially funded by a MCZ...

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