Invertebrate Zoology

The Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) featured recent graduate Arianna Lord (PhD '26, Gonzalo Giribet, Advisor) in the Griffin GSAS News. Lord, a native of New Zealand, came to the United Stated to pursue undergraduate studies at...

Cut, paste, grow: Study reveals surprising totipotency in early worm embryos Rock A, Srivastava M (2026) Totipotency and high plasticity in an embryo with an invariant, fate-specifying cleavage program. Current Biology 36:1410-1421.e4

MCZ Director's research on velvet worms and a new exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History are featured in the Harvard Magazine.

Congratulations to MCZ Director and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology and Malacology, Gonzalo Giribet, recently elected Académico Extranjero (Foreign Member) to the Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de España (the Spanish Royal Academy...

Congratulations to Mansi Srivastava, MCZ Curator of Invertebrate Zoology and John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences, recipient of Harvard's Roslyn Abramson Award. The Roslyn Abramson Award recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching...

Stephanie Pierce, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, and Mansi Srivastava, Curator of Invertebrate Zoology co-developed a course for undergraduates with a goal of reaching a larger number of students and exploring similar sets of questions from different...

A new study published in Science shares a groundbreaking database aimed at addressing 21st century challenges. The MCZ is among the 73 participating natural history museums and herbaria from 28 countries. MCZ Director Gonzalo Giribet , former director and...

From the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology: Munidopsid squat lobsters (from the family Munidopsidae) are among the most abundant decapods found at abyssal depths of the ocean. They are the most diverse squat lobster group in the East...

From the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology: Stem cells are a biological wonder. They can repair, restore, replace, and regenerate cells. In most animals and humans these cells are limited to regenerating only the cell type they are...