February Program Highlights
Jack Alexander teaches techniques of grafting scion to root stock. Register »
Jen Kettell leads a snowshoe tour of the dwarf conifer and juniper collections. Register »
Our Director’s Lecture Series events are filling to capacity. Reserve your seat.
Attend a Tree Mob™
Tree Mobs will continue through the winter. Join us as we look closely at the plants in our landscape. Learn more »
Adult Education
Attend a Lecture or Take a Class
Our schedule of winter and early spring programs is now available. Take a look and register today to learn something new. Or join a Tree Mob for an intimate experience of discovery in our landscape. View our full calendar of events.
Instructor Spotlight
James Hanken is the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, Curator in Herpetology, and Director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. He received A.B. and Ph.D. degrees in zoology from the University of California, Berkeley. After a postdoctoral stint at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, he assumed a faculty position at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He moved to Harvard in 1999, where he is also Professor of Biology in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and a faculty member of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Hanken’s research focuses on the evolutionary morphology, development and systematics of vertebrates, especially amphibians. His laboratory maintains active field programs in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America and is very active in the Encyclopedia of Life, and especially EOL’s Learning + Education group, which is based at MCZ. He has authored more than 100 scientific publications and edited four books, and he is an accomplished nature and scientific photographer. His photographs appear in several books, field guides, and magazines, including Natural History, Geo, Audubon, and National Geographic World. Dr. Hanken is a member of the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Biological Sciences and a member of the Board of Directors for the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
On February 25, as part of the Director’s Lecture Series, Dr. Hanken will address the current state of biodiversity and how the scientific community is responding to the crisis of species extinction. Register for his lecture.