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Evolutionary biology

A researcher holds a tiny, brown monkey skull between his fingers. The skull is no bigger than the palm of his hand.

Rewriting the fossil record

Published Summer 2025

Associate Professor Siobhán Cooke uses fossilized teeth to better understand the history of the world / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Bearded Fireworm crawls on the sand at the bottom of the sea

Geobiology

An unlikely hero in evolution

Published Fall 2024

Johns Hopkins scientists pinpoint an unlikely hero in evolution: worms / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Three gray birds, with swirls that suggest a sense of smell

Correcting an avian aroma error

Published Spring 2022

Evolutionary biologist Danielle Whittaker's new book sets the record straight on birds' sense of smell / Johns Hopkins Magazine