Biology Archives
Prof. Dearborn Leads Whale Skeleton Recovery on Sheep Island
Prof. Don Dearborn lead a team of students and local helpers in a mission to recover a nearly complete skeleton…
Nathan Stephansky ’17 blogs from summer REU at Harvard Forest
Biology major Nathan Stephansky ’17 spent the summer doing an REU internship at Harvard Forest in conjunction with Professor Brett…
Biology welcomes Andrew Mountcastle as our new functional morphologist
The Department of Biology is very pleased to welcome Dr. Andrew Mountcastle as our newest tenure-track faculty member. A functional…
Prof. Brett Huggett shares $629k NSF grant to study effects of drought on water transport tissues in trees
Dr. Brett Huggett, Assistant Professor of Biology, was recently awarded an NSF grant of $629,000 as co-PI with his colleague,…
Anthropology – Biology Joint Seminar
Hope for Gorillas in War-Torn Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo a talk by Dr. Sonya Kahlenberg Former Visiting Member of…
Dendrology class develops campus tree website
Students in BIES 271 (Dendrology) worked with Biology Prof. Brett Huggett to inventory and bar code tag all the trees…
Juniors – Class of 2017 – Capstone Planning Meeting Set
CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE PLANNING MEETING AND DEADLINES The time is approaching for planning your senior capstone experience! The Biology Department will…
Dr. Ryan Bavis Ascends to Chair of Biology Department
Dr. Ryan Bavis, Professor of Biology, became the new chair of the Biology Department beginning on August 1, 2015. A…
Plant Blogs – Bio 117 – White Pine
White Pine Posted by: Sarah Douglas Scientific Name: Pinus strobus Linnæus Family: Pinaceae Common Name: White Pine White Pine, which…
Plant Blogs – Bio 117 – Witch Hazel
By Henry Finkelstein Witch Hazel (Hamamelis ovalis) Family: Hamamelidaceae Photograph source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/hortoris/4348323081/ Identifying Traits: Classified as a shrub,…