MCZ Faculty-Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Mansi Srivastava is one of two Editors-in-Chief of EvoDevo, an Open Access journal focused on research that promotes understanding of the pattern and process of morphological evolution.  Read more about Mansi Srivastava appointed as an Editor-in-Chief of EvoDev

Phil Fahn-Lai, Stephanie Pierce Lab grad student and OEB Teaching Fellow, rose to the challenge when all Harvard courses went online earlier this spring. A significant component to OEB 126 Vertebrate Paleontology, is handling MCZ fossils during in-person labs. When Phil learned students would no longer be on campus for these labs, he spent his last few days on campus scanning as many fossil specimens as possible. He then designed an interactive website... Read more about Vertebrate Paleontology rallies to create virtual labs for OEB course

MCZ Faculty-Curators George Lauder (Ichthyology) and Stephanie Pierce (Vertebrate Paleontology) were part of a recent project to determine the aquatic functionality of a dinosaur tail recently discovered and...

Read more about MCZ Faculty-Curators create robotically controlled models to test mobility of a recently-discovered dinosaur tail

Three years after Louis Agassiz died, Washington-based photographer Henry Ulke, also known as the ‘Painter of presidents’ and the photographer of Lincoln’s famous deathbed picture, painted Agassiz’s posthumous portrait (oil on canvas). In 1877, this portrait was purchased by the US Capitol (Washington DC). Thereafter, it soon went missing and remained unnoticed for nearly one hundred and fifty years, until the same portrait was recently found by shark researcher Frederik Mollen (Belgium) at a sale by Swann Auction Galleries, New York.

Many institutions provided archival...

Read more about US Capitol’s lost painting of MCZ founder found after 150 years by Belgian shark researcher

Collection departments at the MCZ are currently closed. While MCZ staff continue to work from home, no researchers are able to access the collections for the foreseeable future. 

We are currently accepting applications for summer GUR grants and ...

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Congratulations to MCZ Faculty-Curator of Ornithology Dr. Scott Edwards and colleague Dr. Richard Kliman, the recipients of the first ASN/SSE/SSB Inclusiveness, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Award. 

This award recognizes individuals who have strengthened our community by promoting...

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A new genus of terrestrial lizard is named after Edward O. Wilson, Faculty Emeritus in the MCZ. Wilsonosaura is dedicated to Prof. Wilson in recognition of his lifelong contributions to biodiversity research and conservation. The genus is described in the journal Salamandra. 

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