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Our L.A. Summer

Summer is on and we're here to be your gallery guides, field guides, and your partners in nature and culture discovery all around town!

Swing into summer

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nate smith in antarctica

Meet Our Polar Explorer

Snowbound scientists

serpentine pavilion lit up at night

Second Home Pavilion

Where art and science meet

Mammoths and Mastodons

A Gigantic Family Reunion

Meet Ice Age all-stars

Cribbage Board William S. Hart

House of Games

Hart Museum highlights

Naturalist

Naturalist

Naturalist

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image of the surface of mars

Minerals on Mars

Scientists have long wondered if Mars could support life. But what exactly should we look for?

image of wall of bushes and flowers

Nature Gardens Rain Catchers

Angelenos have been switching out lawns for alternative turf, and visiting NHM to soak up conservation tips for their gardens and neighborhoods.

fossils of saber-toothed cat vertebrae on trays in the La Brea Tar Pits Museum’s collections room;

Paleo Prep School

Students dig up the bones of real prehistoric beasts for college credit in the first-ever La Brea Tar Pits Field School.

Project 23 boxes and bins

Treasure Boxes of the Ice Age

A decade of rich digs at Project 23

Rattlesnake fun fact animation

Rattle snake illustration

Female rattlesnakes give birth to live young and care for their babies for about 10 days.

Research and Collections

Research and Collections

Research and Collections

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bat stars, starfish

Oceans Online

Digitization of collections unlocks climate clues

blue belly lizard

What to Wear When Lizard Watching

Choose your outfit carefully before you go on a nature walk.

A few of the six-million-year-old coprolites (fossilized feces) of extinct bone-crushing dogs; the one on the right has visible bits of bone sticking out. (Ouch.)

The Proof Is in the Pooping

Fossilized feces help confirm the diet of extinct “bone-crushing” dogs