# News Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 63 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-APublish Date (DESC)Publish Date (ASC) sort list grid\_view ## 63 results [### Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research ](/news/star-friedman-challenge-promising-scientific-research) April 26, 2024 The Star-Friedman Challenge provides seed funding for novel research in the physical or social sciences, with an emphasis on new directions that might not otherwise be supported through traditional funding channels. Stephanie Pierce, Professor of... [### 265-million-year-old fossil reveals oldest, largest predator in South America, long before the rise of dinosaurs ](/news/265-million-year-old-fossil-reveals-oldest-largest-predator-south-america-long-rise) September 12, 2023 In a new study published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, an international team of researchers including Stephanie Pierce and Felipe Pinheiro, UNIPAMPA, reveal the astounding discovery of a 265-million-year-old, exquisitely preserved... [### Global warming spawned the age of reptiles ](/news/harvard-researchers-find-rapid-evolution-reptiles-was-triggered-nearly-60-million-years) August 19, 2022 In a new study in Sciences Advances researchers in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University and collaborators reveal the rapid evolution and radiation of reptiles began much earlier... [### Stephanie Pierce featured in HMSC Connects! Podcast ](/news/stephanie-pierce-featured-hmsc-connects-podcast) March 09, 2022 Stephanie Pierce was featured in a MSC Connects! Podcast from the Harvard Museum of Science and Culture. Listen to " From Gymnastics to Paleontology: A Conversation with Stephanie Pierce," hosted by Jennie Burgland. [### Sustained fast rates of evolution explain how tetrapods evolved from fish ](/news/sustained-fast-rates-evolution-explain-how-tetrapods-evolved-fish) August 23, 2021 In a study published August 23 in Nature Ecology and Evolution Harvard researchers establish the origin date of the earliest tetrapods and discover they acquired several of the major new adaptive traits that enabled vertebrate life on land at accelerated... [### Tetrapods in Nature! ](/news/tetrapods-nature) November 25, 2020 Big news! Blake's application of functional adaptive landscapes to early tetrapod humeri was published today in NATURE! The research shows that the early tetrapod 'L-shaped' humerus provided some functional benefit for moving on land - but that these... [### Fossil fish named after Jenny Clack ](/news/fossil-named-after-jenny-c) November 01, 2020 Welcome Rossichthys clackae from Burnmouth, Scotland to the world! I was lucky to work with an amazing team describing UK rhizodont humeri and diagnosing a new species in honor of co-author Jenny Clack. Johanson, Z., J. Jeffery, T. Challands, S.E. Pierce... [### National Fossil Day 2020! ](/news/national-fossil-day-2020) October 22, 2020 Like many things, National Fossil Day went virtual this year! The Harvard Museum of Natural History put together a wonderful, interactive public outreach event - with all talks avaialbe via YouTube: ... [### Dr. Zachary Morris! ](/news/dr-zachary-morris) August 18, 2020 Big congratuations to Zach Morris on a successful defense and becoming a Dr. of crocodiles! Wishing Dr. Morris all the best with the next step in his career - being a NSF GEO Postdoctoral Fellow! [### Reptile evolutionary dynamics ](/news/reptile-evolutionary-dynamics) July 03, 2020 Did adaptive radiations ( sensu Simpson) shape reptile evolution???? Using a total-evidence dating approach, Postdoc fellow Tiago Simões uncovers a complex evolutionary scenario in which different parts of the diapsid and lepidosaur tree of life are often... [### Supporting Anti-Racism ](/news/supporting-anti-racism) June 03, 2020 The Pierce Lab stands firmly with the Statement on Anti-Racism published by the Paleontological Society. The lab supports #BlackLivesMatter. We are committed to creating a more inclusive environment and to promoting diversity within the sciences and... [### Salamanders strut their stuff ](/news/salamanders-strut-their-stuff) May 27, 2020 Happy that this paper is out! Exhaustive EMG study documents forelimb, hindlimb, and epaxial muscle activity during walking in the fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra. The data for this paper were collected by Stephanie while she was at the RVC and the... - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Last page 6 ](?page=5 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")