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Lauder Lab hosts Accessible Sharks program
George Lauder, MCZ Curator of Ichthyology, along with scientists from Yale University and the University of Florida, hosted three students studying sharks for eight weeks this summer through the Research Experience for Undergraduates program Accessible...
three students looking at a small shark specimen

New species named in honor of Elizabeth Bangs Bryant (1875–1953)
MCZ PhD candidate Richard (RJ) Knecht ( Naomi Pierce Lab, Entomology) and co-authors describe two new species of whip scorpions from the Carboniferous Narragansett Basin of Massachusetts. Parilisthelyphonus bryantae is named in honor of the late American...
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Hopi Hoekstra named next Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The MCZ is pleased to share the news that Hopi Hoekstra, MCZ Curator of Mammalogy, will become the next Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Hopi is currently the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Departments of Molecular...
Hopi Hoekstra

Gonzalo Giribet elected to the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences
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...
Gonzalo Giribet with lab members

Accessing nature and science with Scott Edwards
Professor Scott Edwards, MCZ Curator of Ornithology, and the Department Chair of Harvard’s Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, is featured in HMSC Connects! Scott is a longtime champion of promoting diversity in the sciences, and in this...
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Hopi Hoekstra appointed Arts & Sciences Professor
Congratulations to Hopi Hoekstra, MCZ Curator of Mammalogy, appointed the C.Y. Chan Professor of Arts & Sciences. This professorship is the highest honor recognizing scholarly achievement that the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences can bestow upon one...
Hoekstra lab members

Mansi Srivastava receives Roslyn Abramson Award
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...
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Naomi Pierce elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Congratulations to MCZ Curator of Lepidoptera, Naomi Pierce, on her election into the National Academy of Sciences! Elected members are recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
biologists working in the field, smiling for the camera

A global approach for natural history museum collections
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...
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What birds’ nests tell us
Learn about the MCZ's bird nest and egg specimens in Harvard Magazine's What birds’ nests tell us: Inside the Museum of Comparative Zoology’s revealing birds’ egg and nest collection.
a drawer full of tiny bird eggs-in-nest specimens in small boxes