Stories

Welcome to Stories, a place to explore—and be inspired by—the wonder of our natural and cultural worlds.

Dr. Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas holding specimens in a jar and wearing a head lamp at night

Research and Collections

Sumérgete en el mundo los Arácnidos con nuestro nuevo Curador de Entomología, el Dr. Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas

Conoce a uno de los dos nuevos curadores de Entomología del Museo de Historia Natural, NHM y explora con nosotros la biodiversidad de arácnidos secreta en las entrañas de la tierra.

Research and Collections

Cave Dive Into Arachnids With Dr. Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas, Our New Entomology Curator

Welcome one of NHM’s two new Entomology Curators and explore the secret biodiversity of arachnids deep below the Earth’s surface

Research and Collections

Ants Are Her Business: Meet Dr. Megan Barkdull, Our New Entomology Curator

Welcome one of NHM’s two new Entomology Curators and discover some of the secrets hiding in ant DNA

Fossil tree limb with a fossil bird on top of it framed by demolished wall

Research and Collections

Fossil Trees Help Grow Our Understanding of Ancient Climate

A new study reveals how ancient trees from La Brea Tar Pits helped warm the planet during the last ice age by coughing up CO2

Mountain lion with a glowing outline around it and a freeway with cars behind it

The Cat That Changed L.A.

The story of P-22, L.A.’s most famous feline

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The Big Cats of L.A. in capital letters next to rectangular-framed photographic portraits

Discover the Story of L.A.’s Big Cats

Scientists, biologists, and conservationists share their insights

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Sam Bearpaw Header with him, a Native an with sunglasses and long white hair pulled back, standing in his Redrum MC vest surrounded by other motorcyclist racing past.

Rumbling and Rolling for the People

Sam Bearpaw | Redrum MC

Jason Pereira holding up a checker-patterned woven mat with an attached painting of a white-outlined bird

Collections Revealed

Jason Pereira draws on his Pacific Island heritage and upbringing in L.A.

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Illustration of aquatic sloths chilling by the beach next to some penguins and sea lions during a sun set

Dive Into the Weird Miocene World of Aquatic Sloths

A new paper by an international team of researchers, including NHM's Curator of Marine Mammals, Dr. Jorge Velez-Juarbe, uncovers more secrets of aquasloths with one of the most complete skeletons ever discovered