The Ernst Mayr Library contributed books, images, manuscripts, and records from the Hassler and Albatross expeditions to the recently unveiled "Expeditions & Discoveries" Open Collections project by Harvard University.

Jesse Weber, a graduate student in Hopi Hoekstra's lab, was awarded the Hamilton Prize for the best student paper at the Evolution 2009 Meeting.

Work by of Yael Salzman, a postdoctoral researcher in Hopi Hoekstra's lab, on the molecular evolution of toxic proteins in shrews was featured in The Washington Post, 6/8/2009.

Graduate student Dino Martins receives a 2009 Whitley Award for his work related to the conservation of insects and sustainable agriculture in Kenya. Watch an online video of Dino’s project. Press Release, 5/13/2009