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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image of puma in the dark
Nature in L.A.

The Sound of Our Griffith Park Mountain Lion: P-22 and the Mysteries of Puma Communication

What comes to mind when you imagine the call of P-22, L.A.'s famous urban mountain lion?
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NHMLA taxidermist Tim Bovard with a pair of lionesses nuzzling in the African Mammal Hall.
Naturalist

Our Museum Pride

How a diorama welcomed a few new wild residents.
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bobcat backyard brick ledge
Nature in L.A.

Backyard Bobcats of L.A.

“Miguel, I found a dead bobcat!” It was 8:30 in the morning when I received a call from my friend Jessie Jennewein.
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