This page provides links to research projects and events that were previously highlighted on the MVZ Home Page.

Evolutionary Hotspots Project - work seeking to identify areas of unusually high origination rate in the state of California

One graduate student's plea for the condors - Effects of lead poisoning from shot.

Message from Abroad - Museum Grad Student writes from Patagonia

In California, Ecologists Retrace a Pioneer's Footsteps -- Lassen Transect Survey Project in the New York Times.

Surveying for Science -- the Chico Enterprise-Record wrote an article on the Lassen Transect, from the Grinnell Resurvey Project.

Disturbing Yosemite -- California Magazine does a feature on the Yosemite Transect, from the Grinnell Resurvey Project. As an added bonus, there is an audio feature on the Museum's Preparation Lab, as well as an article on one of the last Wolverines in Yosemite.

Species Mapping Revolutionized -- A recent study in the journal Ecography by an international team of researchers now offers the most comprehensive model comparison ever made.

John Wieczorek receives the Ebbe Nielsen Prize -- MVZ Researcher Has Received GBIF's Prestigious Award in Biodiversity Informatics.

Dave Wake Receives Joseph Leidy Award -- The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia awards medal to noted Expert on Amphibians.

"The Weather Makers" Free Public Lecture -- Employing the latest research, some of which has only become available in the last 24 months, Dr. Tim Flannery provides an up-to-the-minute look at the most urgent problem facing mankind in his book, "The Weather Makers".

More on Pesticide Threats to Frog Populations -- recent discoveries by Tyrone Hayes, IB faculty and affiliate of the MVZ.

Robert B. Payne book reception -- new book on cuckoos is celebrated; features MVZ artist, Karen Klitz's plates.

Lightning Fast Evolution -- Australian frogs show an evolution of a new species in 8,000 years or less (featured in the UCB news)...

Donations to Africa -- MVZ scientist donates over 100 science books to Njala University, Sierra Leone...

"The Ghosts of Yosemite" -- Yosemite Transect Project (part of the Grinnell Resurvey) inspires an article on global warming in the High Country News...

On August 31, 2005 Peter and Rosemary Grant were awarded the Grinnell Medal for their outstanding work in the Galapagos...

MVZ Scientist rediscovers frog in Africa after 41 years...

MVZ Graduate student publishes on the sex lives of turkeys...