2026

A new exhibition at Harvard's Museum of Natural History, Collecting Wonders: Tomorrow's Discoveries, invites visitors to explore specimens drawn from Harvard's vast natural history collections, most of which have never before been on public view. Of the...

Given the substantial biological costs of sexual reproduction, why did it evolve? New research from the lab of Michael M. Desai offers a compelling answer — particularly in environments that change over time. The study, led by Ph.D. candidate Shreyas Pai...

Congratulations to Professor Stephanie Pierce and Postdoctoral Researcher Peter Bishop who are co-recipients of the Division of Earth Sciences-Life & Environments Through Time award from the National Science Foundation for the project titled, "Integrating...

Congratulations to Professor L. Mahadevan, Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and of Physics, as the recipient of the inaugural Suzanne Eaton Physics of Life Award from Physics of Life, Dresden...

Congratulations to Professor David Haig who has been named Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the Australian Government. A ppointments to the Order of Australia confer the highest recognition for...

Harvard University Herbaria was one of more than 170 institutions spread across 40 countries that contributed to the sixth edition of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, " State of the World's Plants and Fungi" report. Professor Jeannine Cavender-Bares...

The Gazette featured Professor Mandë Holford and her work with deadly marine mollusks whose toxins can work with targeted efficiency at a fast kill and yet also hold the power to cure some human diseases. Holford joined OEB last year where she continues...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Gabe Effiong (Robin Hopkins, Advisor) awarded the Student Expedition Fellowship from the Harvard University Herbaria for the project titled, "Population Genetic Structure, Floral Polymorphism, and Reinforcement in Phlox...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Ryan Schmidt-Knapik (Charles Davis, Advisor) awarded the Student Expedition Fellowship from the Harvard University Herbaria for the project titled, "Systematics, Evolution, and Ecology of Verbascum (Scrophulariaceae): a...

Congratulations to PhD candidate Laura Ostrowsky (Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Advisor) awarded the Student Expedition Fellowship from the Harvard University Herbaria for the project titled, "How do Acer rubrum populations from a wide latitudinal gradient...