Tag: MCZ

  • Nation & World

    Why were reptiles such evolution success story?

    Fast climatic shifts due to global warming coincided with high rates of morphological change in most reptiles.

    4 minutes
    Artistic rendering of of carnivorous reptile that was a close relative of crocodiles and dinosaurs chasing a gliding reptile in a hot and dry river valley 240 million years ago.
  • Nation & World

    A model of how museums can share their collections more widely

    Harvard has digitized 19th-century glass models of 15 marine invertebrates made by Rudolf and Leopold Blaschka. The 3D models are the result of between 250 to 700 images that had to be taken per glass piece.

    2 minutes
    Octopus, Robsonella fontanianus.
  • Nation & World

    Climbing out of hiding

    For decades, scientists have been stymied in their attempts to better understand proboscis anole, a small lizard whose defining feature is a horn on its nose, because it appeared to be all but extinct — until now.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Fish in depth

    The renovated fish gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, open as of June 2, includes displays that explain both fish biology and the science being conducted on the topic at Harvard.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Horns aplenty

    A new exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History highlights the enormous diversity of antlers and horns and examines how they came into being and what they’re used for.

    4 minutes