# News ## Recent News [### State of the World's Plants and Fungi ](/news/2026/06/state-worlds-plants-and-fungi) June 16, 2026 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... ![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) [### David Haig named Officer of the Order of Australia ](/news/2026/06/david-haig-named-officer-order-australia) June 15, 2026 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... ![David Haig](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/oeb/files/david_haig_square.jpeg?itok=s_m_OyYs) [### How venom can lead to cures ](/news/2026/06/how-venom-can-lead-cures) June 08, 2026 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... ![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 Is the long-held idea that hummingbirds prefer red, tubular flowers true? PhD candidate Patrick McKenzie (Robin Hopkins, Advisor) was featured in an episode of the podcast, A Way to Garden to discuss his findings that the migratory nature of ruby-throated... ![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) [### Congratulations to our 2026 PhD Graduates! ](/news/2026/05/congratulations-our-2026-phd-graduates) May 28, 2026 Congratulations to our 2026 PhD Graduates! Top Left to Bottom Right: Katherine Angier (Gonzalo Giribet and Andrew Davies) Bridget Bickner (Robin Hopkins and Elena Kramer) Nikhil Chari (Benton Taylor) Christopher Grassa (James Mallet) Zhe He Seo (N... ![Collage of the 14 OEB PhD graduates in three rows of portraits](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/2026%20PhDs.jpg?itok=X47HsUsb) [### How to Discover a New Species ](/news/2026/05/how-discover-new-species) May 20, 2026 The Harvard Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) featured recent graduate Arianna Lord (PhD '26, Gonzalo Giribet, Advisor) in the Griffin GSAS News. Lord, a native of New Zealand, came to the United Stated to pursue undergraduate studies at... ![Arianna Lord holding a new undescribed species of velvet worm from Singapore](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/ALord_Velvet%20Worm.png?itok=6MCStcb-) [### Sebastian Martinez-Salazar awarded Jens Aubrey Westengard Scholarship ](/news/2026/05/sebastian-martinez-salazar-awarded-jens-aubrey-westengard-scholarship) May 20, 2026 Congratulations to PhD candidate Sebastian Martinez-Salazar (Elena Kramer, Advisor) awarded the Jens Aubrey Westengard Scholarship from Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences for the project titled, “Exploring changes in nectar spur number in Tropaeolum... ![Sebastian Martinez-Salazar](/sites/g/files/omnuum6811/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/oeb/files/sebastian_martinez-salazar_0.jpg?itok=RugqyWQh) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [4](?page=3 "Go to page 4") - [5](?page=4 "Go to page 5") - [6](?page=5 "Go to page 6") - [7](?page=6 "Go to page 7") - [8](?page=7 "Go to page 8") - [9](?page=8 "Go to page 9") - [ Last page 130 ](?page=129 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")