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  [### Ticks on an eel?

 ](/news/2025/12/ticks-eel) December 04, 2025 

 From Entomology Today: " An electric eel donated to the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University in 1873 had two ticks embedded in its skin, making it the first known instance of ticks parasitizing a fish. But it was never documented until now... 

 

 

   ![Kaylin Chong in front of shelves of museum specimens in jars](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-12/kaylin-chong.jpg?h=f6d1b641&itok=ri8OjoAC) 

 



 

 

   [### Harvard Magazine's 5 Questions with Brian Farrell

 ](/news/2025/07/harvard-magazines-5-questions-brian-farrell) July 17, 2025 

 For some insight into the lab, enjoy these five questions posed by Harvard Magazine's Olivia Farrar: [https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/five-questions-harvard-brian-fa…](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/five-questions-harvard-brian-farrell-beetles)

 

 

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   [### EVENT: Science Spotlight @ HMNH

 ](/news/event-science-spotlight-hmnh-0) November 14, 2024 

 Saturday, November 16, 2024, Thalles will present a new Science Spotlight at the Harvard Museum of Natural History: "How to Help a Scientist Find a New Species." Join Thalles and other inquisitive minds Saturday at 2:00pm! For more information about the... 

 

 

   ![logo of Harvard Museum of Natural History](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/hmnh_logo_sq_1.png?itok=iZYKyY_C) 

 



 

 

   [### Faculty Voices podcast episode

 ](/news/faculty-voices-podcast-episode) November 07, 2024 

 For a look inside the lab's recent research, please enjoy Brian's episode of the DRCLAS podcast, " Faculty Voices." Episode 67: Brian Farrell on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and his Latest Research <https://faculty-voices.simplecast.com/episodes>... 

 

 

   ![DRCLAS Faculty voices logo (text on top of illustration of Latin America)](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024_facultyvoices-banner.png?h=de788bc2&itok=hXyadLZd) 

 



 

 

   [### EVENT: Brian @ Berklee Global Jazz Institute

 ](/news/event/brian-berklee-global-jazz-institute) November 04, 2024 

 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](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024_news_bgji_symposium_poster.png?h=7b7159fd&itok=6Mha5Cc5) 

 



 

 

   [### Brian presents at the International Congress of Entomology

 ](/news/brian-presents-international-congress-entomology) September 23, 2024 

 Why, in so many lineages of tiny consumers, whether parasites, pathogens or herbivorous beetles, do ecological associations with particular lineages of hosts often remain stable for tens or even hundreds of millions of years? Brian addressed this topic in... 

 

 

   ![ICE 2024 blue butterfly-like logo with "New Discoveries through Consilience" text](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/ice_2024_logo_sq.jpg?h=ec10b5fd&itok=Qw7Xfb4y) 

 



 

 

   [### Biodiversity Fellow Valentine Bouju joins the lab

 ](/news/biodiversity-fellow-valentine-bouju-joins-lab) September 05, 2024 

 The Farrell Lab warmly welcomes Valentine Bouju to the lab! Valentine joins us as an MCZ Biodiversity Fellow. She is a paleoentomologist fascinated by amber and the arthropods and plants enclosed within it. Valentine specializes in the study of fossilized... 

 

 

   ![View of woman standing, holding 2 hiking sticks, with blue backpack on. Face in profile as looking at mountains and palm trees](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024_valentine.jpeg?itok=v8KQ_Jkk) 

 



 

 

   [### Paulino &amp; Connor's initial field work seeking Wyeomyia smithii

 ](/news/paulino-connors-initial-field-work-seeking-wyeomyia-smithii) March 31, 2024 

 This month, Paulino and Connor ventured into the field with Anthony Kiszewski of Bentley University, MCZ Associate, to conduct initial field work seeking Wyeomyia smithii. This field work is part of ongoing research by the team, which is conducting... 

 

 

   ![Connor kneeling down on leafy ground, near edge of watery area in forest, holding insect collecting tools](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/240312_124040116_ccoff.jpg?itok=ut-MIfYu) 

 



 

 

   [### Brian rescues peregrine falcons

 ](/news/brian-rescues-peregrine-chicks) June 25, 2024 

 In 2015, when Alvin Powell of the Harvard Gazette interviewed Brian about the installation of peregrine falcon nests on Memorial Hall, little did anyone realize that nine years later, Brian would be rescuing chicks who got a bit too close to the edge... 

 

 

   ![Brian Farrell holding rescued peregrine chick on right side of his body](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-01/2024_news_2406_BDF_Falcon.png?h=25ba5ed2&itok=W3sMr90V) 

 



 

 

   [### Thalles a BioOne Ambassador!

 ](/news/thalles-bioone-ambassador) April 11, 2024 

 Congratulations to Thalles, a 2024 recipient of the BioOne Ambassador Award! Thalles received this award for "Partnerships for the Goals: Citizens and Scientists Find and Describe a New Species." Read more at BioOne here 

 

 

   ![BioOne Ambassador logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/farrell/files/2024_news_bioone-ambassador-color.png?itok=l6IHOd4s) 

 



 

 

   [### New Species podcast episode

 ](/news/new-species-podcast-episode) March 05, 2024 

 "There are no snakes in Alaska, so what’s that snakelike shape crossing the road?" Listen to Thalles on the New Species podcast episode "A new snakeworm gnat with Thalles Pereira." The Spotify link for the episode is here (opens in new window) The New... 

 

 

   ![Close up view of mass of larva of fly larvae / snakeworm gnats](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/farrell/files/2024_news_snakeworm_gnats.jpeg?itok=Bio2fpgW) 

 



 

 

   [### EVENT: Science Spotlight @ HMNH

 ](/news/event-science-spotlight-hmnh) March 16, 2024 

 Saturday, March 16, 2024, Thalles will present a new Science Spotlight at the Harvard Museum of Natural History: "How to Help a Scientist Find a New Species." Join Thalles and other inquisitive minds Saturday at 3:00! For more information about the event... 

 

 

   ![Poster with time and date of Science Spotlight event](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/farrell/files/240316_thalles_sci_spotlight.jpg?itok=KcSLlTPd) 

 



 

 

  

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