Museum of Comparative Zoology

@MCZHarvard

A private center for research and education at Harvard University. Exhibits of MCZ specimens @HarvardMuseum. Visit Instagram and Facebook for current posts.

Cambridge, MA

Joined March 2018

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Science at the Natural History Museum@NHM_Science · Feb 27

Understanding a new phylum: the Micrognathozoa were discovered only 25 years ago - NHM's Christopher Laumer with colleagues @uni_copenhagen @MCZHarvard @UniBarcelona explore biology, evolution and distribution royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

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Harvard Museum@HarvardMuseum · Feb 26

Around 360 m. years ago fish-like #amphibians emerged from the water & gave rise to frogs. This Saturday #Harvard biologist Sonali Garg will talk about discovering new species & conservation. Ages 10 & up, admission rates apply. tinyurl.com/FrogSciSpotlig… #ScienceSpotlights

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Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard · Feb 25

Get to know Mandë Holford @scimaven, incoming Curator of Malacology and @HarvardOEB professor, and her research on venomous sea creatures. Harvard builds a new lab for venomous sea creatures bostonglobe.com/2025/02/24/met… via @BostonGlobe

MCZHarvard's tweet card. Harvard biologist Mandë Holford studies venomous snails and other toxic creatures to unlock new medications that may one day treat cancer.

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Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard · Feb 11

Five new species of squat lobsters have been described by @paularodflo, former Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow. Munidopsis giribeti is named to honor MCZ director and @HarvardOEB professor @ggiribet's inspirational passion and dedication to invertebrates. bit.ly/4hSPpSP

MCZHarvard's tweet image. Five new species of squat lobsters have been described by @paularodflo, former Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow. Munidopsis giribeti is named to honor MCZ director and @HarvardOEB professor @ggiribet's inspirational passion and dedication to invertebrates. bit.ly/4hSPpSP

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Bohao Fang@fangbohao · Feb 7

Thrilled to share our study featured in the Harvard Gazette!! @ScottVEdwards1 @HarvardOEB @MCZHarvard @HarvardMagazine @Harvard news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

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Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard · Feb 4

In January, MCZ collections hosted students from the Harvard Extension School Museum Collections Care course. In malacology, Tricia created an inventory of mollusks collected in Antarctica by the RV Eltanin Expedition, including this keyhole limpet (a type of sea snail).

MCZHarvard's tweet image. In January, MCZ collections hosted students from the Harvard Extension School Museum Collections Care course. In malacology, Tricia created an inventory of mollusks collected in Antarctica by the RV Eltanin Expedition, including this keyhole limpet (a type of sea snail).

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Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard · Feb 3

In January, MCZ collections hosted students from the @HarvardExt Museum Collections Care course. Students worked with many MCZ collections on a variety of projects.

MCZHarvard's tweet image. In January, MCZ collections hosted students from the @HarvardExt Museum Collections Care course. Students worked with many MCZ collections on a variety of projects.

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Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard · Jan 29

Research from @YuliaChaumel and @georgelauder #mczIchthyology and @HarvardOEB featured in The New York Times. Scientists Finally Make Heads of Giant Stingray Tails nytimes.com/2025/01/21/sci…

MCZHarvard's tweet card. The long structures seen in manta rays and their relatives function as an early warning system, rather than a defensive weapon.

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Júlia Chaumel@YuliaChaumel · Jan 22

Our article is out in @royalsociety! We describe how the whip-tail of cownose rays acts as a hydrodynamic antenna, detecting water movements along its length! ➡️shorturl.at/8kMM7 Happy to see it in @nytimes too!➡️shorturl.at/n9w0s Thanks to @georgelauder @MCZHarvard

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Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard · Jan 22

Digitization of ‘breathtaking’ neuroanatomy slide collection offers untapped research gold mine thetransmitter.org/evolution/digi…

MCZHarvard's tweet card. Thousands of histological sections of vertebrate brains—including from spiny dogfish, turtles and more—are newly available online.

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Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard · Jan 21

The R. Glenn Northcutt Collection of Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy and Embryology: A Novel Museum-Based Resource for Neuroscience and Evolutionary Biology, by James Hanken and colleagues, is now available at bit.ly/42iLR7W. View specimens at bit.ly/4aq5ZXO

MCZHarvard's tweet image. The R. Glenn Northcutt Collection of Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy and Embryology: A Novel Museum-Based Resource for Neuroscience and Evolutionary Biology, by James Hanken and colleagues, is now available at bit.ly/42iLR7W. View specimens at bit.ly/4aq5ZXO

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Harvard Magazine@HarvardMagazine · Jan 21

Did you know frogs—and other amphibians—are at severe risk of extinction? Over 40% of the world's populations are deemed threatened. @MCZHarvard's James Hanken, Emeritus Professor of Biology, discusses the crisis. #Harvard youtu.be/3VlLKvyHbKM?si…

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Harvard Magazine@HarvardMagazine · Jan 6

What is the purpose of echolocation? 🐋 Barbara Lawrence, @MCZHarvard's curator of mammals 1931-76, paved the way for research into many fields. Together with her husband, she conclusively proved that marine mammals use echolocation to track prey. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/01/harvar…

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Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard · Dec 19

Read about research by Nicole Mejia, ’22 (@ScottVEdwards1 Lab), funded by an MCZ GUR grant and Wetmore Colles funding to support publication costs. hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversati…

MCZHarvard's tweet card. A new study directly looks at the effects of plastic in Maui’s ‘ua’u kani, also known as wedge-tailed shearwaters. The Conversation spoke to Nicole Mejia, a graduate student at Cornell University,...

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SIGNIFY@signifynathist · Nov 23

Join us as we round up our time with The Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University with a short story, “SIGNIFY in Harvard”. Link to the full story can be found in our bio. @MCZHarvard

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Science in Boston@ScienceinBoston · Nov 28

The latest @stemcellpodcast episode features Dr. Mansi Srivastava (@acoel_hofstenia) from @HarvardOEB and @MCZHarvard! She talks about her lab's work establishing the three-banded panther worm as a model system. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4g70Sxm

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BioOne@BioOneNews · Nov 20

Discover new articles in #Biodiversity #Conservation with our Top & Trending Research collection – free to read through December 31: bioone.org/top-and-trendi… Featuring research from BioOne Complete publishing partners @MCZHarvard, @CastaneaJournal, and @CalBotSoc.

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Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard · Nov 18

The 2023-2024 Annual Report of the MCZ is now available at bit.ly/3CAeSB8 The cover features the Kronosaurus specimen on display at @HarvardMuseums (image taken by Thomas Earle, Harvard Staff Photographer).

MCZHarvard's tweet image. The 2023-2024 Annual Report of the MCZ is now available at bit.ly/3CAeSB8

The cover features the Kronosaurus specimen on display at @HarvardMuseums (image taken by Thomas Earle, Harvard Staff Photographer).

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Museum of Comparative Zoology@MCZHarvard · Nov 14

Research from @MCZpaleo and @HarvardOEB: news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

MCZHarvard's tweet card. Revealing twists, turns of evolution from sprawling to upright posture.

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MCZ Paleontology@MCZpaleo · Nov 8

This year, #MCZVertPaleo focused on increasing internship opportunities for students and recent grads. Today's intern highlight is Connor Dumas. Connor's internship focused on rehousing and photographing the VP Mammal type collection and learning fossil prep skills. #FossilFriday

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