Megan Whitney, postdoc in the Stephanie Pierce lab, published findings supporting convergent evolution of complex teeth structures previously thought to have originated with dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex. The work is published in...

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Stephanie Pierce, MCZ Faculty-Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, and Blake Dickson, Ph.D. ’20 analyzed 40 3D fossil humeri to better understand the transition from fin-to-limb and reconstruct the evolution of terrestrial movement in early tetrapods. The work is published in Nature and featured in the... Read more about MCZ researchers reconstruct the evolution of terrestrial movement in early tetrapods

Research by MCZ postdoctoral fellow Tiago R. Simões has provided an extensive database that is helping scientists better understand the evolution of reptiles. Along with MCZ Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology,...

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Congratulations to MCZ Faculty-Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Mansi Srivastava, awarded a 2020 Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award for her project Comparing development and regeneration to uncover mechanisms for maintaining regenerative ability in adult animals.

"The Smith Family Foundation Odyssey Award was created in...

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For the past five years, MCZ Faculty-Curator Javier Ortega-Hernández has been collaborating with colleagues in China to learn more about arthropod evolution by using micro-CT scanning to create 3D models of fossils and view details that would be impossible to see otherwise. Read more about the ongoing project in the...

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A new species of bat has been named in honor of Edward O. Wilson, Faculty Emeritus in the MCZ. Wilson’s Long-fingered Bat, Miniopterus wilsoni, is named in recognition of Prof. Wilson's support and facilitation of biodiversity research at Gorongosa National Park over the past decade. The new species is described in the journal Acta Chiropterologica.

HMSC Connects! Podcast is a weekly podcast that goes behind the scenes of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture to talk to the scholars, researchers, collection keepers, exhibit designers and other fascinating individuals who keep the museums humming along and create a compelling array of exhibits and programs.

Since the podcast launched in May 2020, two have featured the MCZ collections. Andrew...

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