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Smilodon, Saber-Tooths, and Tigers…Oh My!
How Smilodon became saber-toothed tigers—and why they're really saber-toothed cats
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Naturalist Nature in L.A.
Nature Gardens Turn 10
A look back—and forward–at all the nature thriving in NHM’s Nature Gardens.
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Tar Pits MGM Parody
Saber-toothed Cat 101
La Brea Tar Pits presents everything you need to know about saber-toothed cats.
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Suiting Up for Smilodon
An exhilaratingly lifelike recreation of a saber-toothed cat will thrill — and teach — audiences in Ice Age Encounters.
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year of the tiger
Research and Collections
Year of the Tiger
Celebrate the 2022 Lunar New Year with highlights from the collection
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Gray Wolf Skull
Research and Collections
Noggins for Noshing?
Animal diets, skull shapes and the limits of convergent evolution
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Here, Kitty, Kitty
It's been ice ages! Get reacquainted with your friendly neighborhood apex predator
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Nature in L.A.
P-22 Show Interviews Miguel Ordeñana
Miguel Ordeñana joins the P-22 Presents Show to chat about animals all over L.A.
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Still image of CAT scan of a mummified cat
Research and Collections
Feline Forensics
Watch this CAT scan solve a museum mystery.
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Teens helping out in the Fossil Lab as part of La Brea Tar Pits Teen Program
Research and Collections
Students Name a Puma
As if working with Ice Age fossils at the La Brea Tar Pits wasn’t cool enough, the job comes with one pretty unforgettable perk.
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