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MCZ specimens on exhibit at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
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MCZ specimens from multiple collections on display in special exhibit "Benjamin Franklin - A How-To Guide: Science and Sociability" which commemorates the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth. The Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments...
MCZ specimens on exhibit at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
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MCZ material on display in the special exhibit "Bringing Nature Inside: 17th Century Natural History, Classification, and Vision" at the Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments from October 2004 and continuing into 2005. Harvard Magazine...
MCZ specimens on exhibit in Cabot Science Library
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MCZ mollusks collected by Ernst Mayr, Darwin's finches, and primate skulls are featured in a special exhibit "Rethinking the Darwinian Revolution" through May 2009 at the Cabot Science Library.
Policies & Procedures
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Overview Multiple policies within the MCZ are museum-wide and encompass all the departments. These procedures address common elements, objectives and goals across the ten research collections. Individual collections may also have departmental policies...
Analysis of fossil sheds light on reptile evolution
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Tiago Simões, a researcher in the Stephanie Pierce lab and former Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow, knew he found something special when he examined a fossil specimen collected decades ago. The fossil belongs to a previously unknown...
Allison Shultz to be the Curator of Birds at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
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Allison Shultz, former MCZ graduate student, will be the new Curator of Birds at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles starting in September 2018. The collection has over 121,000 bird specimens from over 5,400 species, and specializes in North America...
Women of the Museum, 1860–1920: Behind-the-Screens at the Museum of Comparative Zoology
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The Harvard Museums of Science and Culture (HMSC) celebrates Women’s History Month with the online exhibit Women of the Museum, 1860–1920: Behind-the-Screens at the Museum of Comparative Zoology which features extensive materials from the Ernst Mayr...
Malacology History
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The mollusk collection began in 1860 with the purchase of the land and freshwater snails of J.G. Anthony, who later joined the staff of the MCZ in 1865 as its first curator. Until his death in 1877, he carried on a very active exchange with museums and...
Willians Porto
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I am a Brazilian biologist passionate about unraveling the diversity of arachnids, with a special focus on harvestmen of the family Triaenonychidae. My research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of taxonomic characteristics in species delimitation, using...
Digitization of ‘breathtaking’ neuroanatomy slide collection offers untapped research gold mine
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The Transmitter featured the newest Bulletin of the MCZ, about our R. Glenn Northcutt Collection of Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy and Embryology. A comprehensive inventory of the entire collection appears in a paper by Hanken and his colleagues...