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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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Minerals on Mars

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

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.

Treasure Boxes of the Ice Age

A decade of rich digs at Project 23

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

Research and Collections

Oceans Online

Digitization of collections unlocks climate clues.

The Accidental Community Science of Security Cameras

How security cameras help document wildlife in backyards.

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

Nature in L.A.

Mari Moreno sitting on a rock in the hills over Los Angeles

Voices of L.A. Nature: Mari Moreno

Welcome to our new series, "Voices of L.A. Nature," where we'll hear stories from a diverse range of Angelenos about their relationships with nature in L.A.

Studying Lizard Love Through Citizen Science

Because this region is so big and so much of it is private property, we enlist people (aka community scientists) all across the region to help us study the local biodiversity.

A pair of southern alligator lizards in a bite hold and potentially mating

They're Lovers, not Cannibals!

Our wet winter across the western U.S. is likely to make for an excellent spring mating season for alligator lizards, and we need your help to study their mating activity.

A pair of Southern Alligator Lizards in a mating hold

We Want Your Photos of Alligator Lizard Sex

Valentine’s Day is our annual reminder that we are entering alligator lizard mating season.

Three Southern Alligator Lizards in a Pasadena apartment complex

Dear Los Angeles: We Need Your Photos of Alligator Lizard Sex!

Valentine’s Day is our annual reminder that we are entering alligator lizard mating season.

view from inside the apartment, looking out the window into downtown

Charming Indeed

Finding a hummingbird habitat in Downtown Los Angeles.

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Naturalist

Naturalist

Minerals on Mars

Nature Gardens Rain Catchers

Paleo Prep School

Treasure Boxes of the Ice Age

Research and Collections

Research and Collections

Oceans Online

The Accidental Community Science of Security Cameras

What to Wear When Lizard Watching

The Proof Is in the Pooping

Nature in L.A.

Nature in L.A.

Voices of L.A. Nature: Mari Moreno

Studying Lizard Love Through Citizen Science

They're Lovers, not Cannibals!

We Want Your Photos of Alligator Lizard Sex

Dear Los Angeles: We Need Your Photos of Alligator Lizard Sex!

Charming Indeed

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