May 1, 2001

Off the Shelf

Recent books with a Harvard accent

New Harvard research finds octopuses go beyond sight and touch to find mates.

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

The two birds will be on display at Harvard this summer.

Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.

The retired government professor has been a rare conservative voice on campus for decades.

Singer Elisa Smith’s whiskey-soaked voice and subversive feminism is part of the genre’s urban shift.