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...Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) Library will be renamed today as the Ernst Mayr Library of Comparative Zoology...
Mayr served as director of Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) from 1961 to 1970. In 1975, he was given emeritus status...
Earlier this year, the MCZ dedicated a library to him recognizing his achievements...
...similar habitats. No effort is made to contextualize the displays. There are no expansive diaramas with fake vistas extending to the horizon. The rhinocerous and the elephant, the gazelle and the gnu, all share a partitioned glass case with a sky-blue backdrop. Are renovations in store? Perhaps the MCZ will repaint the cases, said Bob Davidson, Assistant Director of Exhibits...
Such frippery is superflous at the MCZ--the animals steal the show. Roommates Bonnie A. Pelly '96 and Bethany M. Lemann '96 came to the museum for a Biological Sciences 2 lab, and returned to check out the rest of the museum. "I liked the sperm whale's pelvic bones and the big dinosaur fossil. I love evolution. I love dolphins. I love primates," gushed Lemann...