. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Language of Color The research of MCZ faculty-curators and the MCZ's rich natural history collections were featured in two new exhibitions at the HMNH—Evolution and The Language of Color—overseen by HMNH Executive Director Elisabeth Werby. Opening in April 2009, the permanent exhibition Evolution fulfills the museum's mission to be the public face of the important work occurring beyond its galleries. Farish A. Jenkins' discovery of the missing link between fishes and terrestrial vertebrates—Tiktaalik roseae— greets visitors in
. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Language of Color The research of MCZ faculty-curators and the MCZ's rich natural history collections were featured in two new exhibitions at the HMNH—Evolution and The Language of Color—overseen by HMNH Executive Director Elisabeth Werby. Opening in April 2009, the permanent exhibition Evolution fulfills the museum's mission to be the public face of the important work occurring beyond its galleries. Farish A. Jenkins' discovery of the missing link between fishes and terrestrial vertebrates—Tiktaalik roseae— greets visitors in both fossil and model form. Other MCZ research topics include a display on the evolution of Anolis lizards on Caribbean islands—research conducted by Jonathan Losos—and the investigation into the evolution of mammalian ear bones from reptilian jawbones by Alfred "Fuzz" Crompton. The exhibit also includes a "trophic pyramid" of beetles, conceived by Brian D. Farrell, with each specimen representing approximately 1,000 species. The Language of Color-was, originally a tempo rary exhibit, but due to an overwhelming public response, it will remain a permanent exhibit at HMNH. The exhibit explores how animal colors are produced, the varied ways in which color is perceived, and the diverse messages that animal colors convey. The exhibition employs specimens from the MCZ's vast collections and highlights the cutting edge evolutionary research being conducted by its faculty-curators. The open- ing lecture, "Nature's Palette: The Biological Significance of Color," was given by Hopi E. Hoekstra. Professor Hoekstra's research into the genetic mechanism that allows the adaptation of camouflage coloration in two subspecies of mice is illustrated in a display on the oldfield mice of central Florida, which are brown inland and white when living on coastal beaches. Featuring the re- search of Jonathan Losos, a display of Anolis lizards shows their extr
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