Profs. Naomi Pierce and Charles Marshall, along with lab member Santiago Ramírez, have identified the ancient fossilized remains of a pollen-bearing bee as the first hint of orchids in the fossil record. Harvard Gazette...

Andy Biewener and CFS researcher, Timothy Higham, study complexity of bird muscles in motion. Harvard Gazette.

Peter Girguis awarded a Lindbergh Grant for developing microbial fuel cells from soil for lighting and power in rural areas. Harvard Gazette

Don Pfister chosen as new dean of Harvard Summer School Harvard Gazette

Anne Pringle uses high speed video to reveal the mechanism of mushroom spore discharge. Small Things Considered.

James McCarthy, co-chair of a United Nations IPCC working group, among delegation honored at laureate Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony 

Gonzalo Giribet hunts tiny daddy longlegs to explain continental shifts. New York Times.

Andrew Knoll awarded the Wollaston Medal, the highest honor of the Geological Society of London.

Cassandra Extavour's theory of the evolution of germline development featured in special Germ Cell Issue of Science, 4/20/2007

Anne Pringle goes on the trail of the deadly death cap mushroom. Full Story.

Charles Davis find Rafflesia, the world's largest flower, evolved from the family of much tinier blooms. Full Story.

Peter Shaw Ashton awarded the Japan Prize. Full Story.