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##  Latest News 

 



  [### State of the World's Plants and Fungi

 ](/news/2026/06/state-worlds-plants-and-fungi) June 16, 2026 

 

   ![Researcher digitizing fungi at the Royal Botanical Garden in Kew](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/06.%20Fungarium%20Digitisation%20station%20-%20CREDIT%20-%20Sebastian%20Kettley%20%C2%A9%20RBG%20Kew.jpg?itok=n1hZeV5e) 

 



 

 

   [### How venom can lead to cures

 ](/news/2026/06/how-venom-can-lead-cures) June 08, 2026 

 

   ![A hand among a collection of mollusks shells from the MCZ at Harvard](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Mande_Holford_MCZ%20Mollusks.jpg?itok=I5hZAtM_) 

 



 

 

   [### The hummingbird-red flower connection

 ](/news/2026/06/hummingbird-red-flower-connection) June 01, 2026 

 

   ![Graduate student Patrick McKenzie working outdoors with plants](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Patrick%20McKensie_2026_0.jpg?h=19d09801&itok=nNk6B_Kl) 

 



 

 

  

 

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##  Upcoming Events 

 



  [### Sophie Everbach Thesis Defense (N. Michele Holbrook, Advisor)

 ](/event/sophie-everbach-thesis-defense-n-michele-holbrook-advisor?occ_id=0)June 25, 2026

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 Title: Tension Wood Tradeoffs: Hydraulics, Storage, and Mechanics Abstract: Trees are always on the hunt for light. The variety of branching architectures exhibited by forest trees is a testament to this photic need; individual trees must find, occupy... 

 

 

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