Lab videos

EVENT: Brian @ Berklee Global Jazz Institute

Join Brian Friday, as he presents at Berklee Global Jazz Institutes's 9th Annual Symposium of Interconnected Arts and Music Performance! On Friday, November 8th, Brian will present "Why We Animals Sing" at 10am at: Berklee College of Music David Friend...
Orange image w/white text of date and location of 9th Annual Interconnected Arts & Music Performance

EVENT & Video: Why We Animals Sing

Wednesday, September 23, at 2pm: "Music has long filled a uniquely important role in bridging human culture and biology, stretching back over millennia, and of course today provides respite and remedy in an increasingly stressful world. We do not sing...
Thumbnail of poster for Why We Animals sing (white background, blue top and bottom, Brian Farrell in middle with text)

Congreso Futuro 2018

Brian presented as part of the panel "Las Inteligencias" at Chile's Congreso Futuro 2018. This annual event brings together great thinkers from across the globe to discuss the challenges the world faces and how to improve the future. Live streamed on Jan...
Brian D. Farrell presenting at Congreso Futuro 2018

EVENT: The David Rockefeller Beetle Collection

At the heart of every great collection, be it art, books, or specimens, lies the soul of a passionate collector. David Rockefeller had a passion for beetles and collected more than 150,000 specimens, beginning as a seven-year-old naturalist and continuing...

EVENT: Biology of Consciousness

Brian Farrell's lecture, Biology of Consciousness, live broadcasted world-wide, drew an audience that packed the Geological Lecture Hall at the Museum of Natural History. If you missed it, you can view the video here: https://www.facebook.com...
artistic rendering of consciousness

Islands: Dispersion and Speciation

As part of the Harvard Museum of Natural History's exhibit, "Islands: Evolving in Isolation," Brian discussed dispersion and speciation in the Caribbean. View the video below! While the in-person exhibit has ended, the HMNH now has a virtual version of...
Screenshot of Islands: Dispersion & Speciation video title screen

Assembling the Tree of Life

Labs across the MCZ contributed to the HMNH's new permanent exhibit, Evolution. Below, view the exhibit video highlighting the research at the MCZ being used to assemble an evolutionary tree of life. Brian Farrell, Whit Farnum, Jessica Rykken, and Amie...
Screenshot of title screen of "Assembling the tree of life" video

Bioblitz on Lovells Island

Brian and E.O. Wilson led students from Odyssey High School and Boston Environmental Ambassadors to National Parks (BEAN) on a bioblitz on Lovells Island. A short video of this trip can be found below; please view directly on YouTube for closed captions.
Screenshot of opening screen to Lovells Island Bioblitz video

TED 2005: Inspired by Nature

Brian spoke at TED 2005, presenting "Building a Facebook of biodiversity for the island of Hispaniola." View the presentation below:
TED logo for illustrative purposes: red, capital T E D