500-million-year-old tunicate fossil reveals new secrets

A new discovery, named Megasiphon thylakos, offers surprising insights on the evolution of tunicates.

Wendy Heywood • harvard
July 6, 2023 ~8 min

How climate change may threaten soil’s ability to capture carbon

New study looks at the dynamics of how warming may affect carbon capture in soil near trees and plants.

Clea Simon • harvard
May 11, 2023 ~5 min


Probing deep-sea mystery: microbes immune to same viruses

Genomic analysis suggests host diversity is far greater than previously thought.

Wendy Heywood • harvard
May 9, 2023 ~4 min

Scientists explain how an infection can produce genetic diversity

A new study illuminates the way pathogens — and pheromones — alter social behavior in animals.

Alice McCarthy • harvard
March 3, 2023 ~5 min

New study offers clues to how shifting climate may change ocean ecosystems

By studying the fossil record of one group of organisms, researchers now worry that human-driven climate change may return us to an “Earth of 8 million years ago ... detrimentally restructuring the marine communities of the entire ocean.”

Wendy Heywood • harvard
March 3, 2023 ~6 min

Looking to retain most potent regenerative stem cells

Humans lose them after embryonic development, unlike some animals. New Harvard research offers potential insights into why.

Alice McCarthy • harvard
Dec. 8, 2022 ~4 min

Harvard course takes students to the bottom of the ocean

OEB 119 students are patched in via livestream and a satellite call to a team of researchers leading an exploration on the seafloor.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Dec. 1, 2020 ~2 min

Mammalian vertebral columns may reflect pace of evolution

Researchers find clues to evolution in the intricate mammalian vertebral column.

Jed Gottlieb • harvard
Nov. 14, 2019 ~4 min


Evolution more complex than ‘survival of the fittest’ had us believe

By re-barcoding the DNA of yeast, researchers were able to follow evolution for approximately 1,000 generations, finding surprises along the way.

Clea Simon • harvard
Nov. 13, 2019 ~4 min

Harvard Museum of Natural History gives hands-on lab work to middle school educators

Mansi Srivastava's lab worked with middle school teachers in an education workshop on DNA and evolution.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
July 30, 2019 ~2 min

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