Tag: Natural History

  • Nation & World

    Bees, social and solitary

    Harvard study reveals underlying genetic basis for halictid bee communication and social behavior.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    March mammal madness

    An assistant professor of evolutionary biology, Katie Hinde is also the creator of Mammal March Madness, a tournament that emulates the college basketball playoffs and pits species against each other in simulated combat.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Edward Lear’s natural history

    Edward Lear, a master of nonsense verse and travel writing, was at a young age one of the most accomplished natural history painters of his time.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    At Herbaria, a new career blossoms

    Museum exhibition designer Danielle Hanrahan always loved art and nature. A late-in-life career move to the Harvard Herbaria allowed her a chance to explore the latter.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    On God and evolution

    The Harvard Museum of Natural History’s Asa Gray Bicentennial Celebration kicks off with “Re: Design,” a play centered on the correspondence of Gray and Charles Darwin.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Forests focus of gift

    Paul Zofnass ’69, M.B.A. ’73, has become the Harvard Museum of Natural History’s (HMNH) largest donor since its founding in 1998.

    2 minutes