An elephant, tapir, saber-toothed cat, llama, and pecarry face off with a pair of giant sloths, a pair of armadillos, a big rodent, and a terror bird, the former on the North American side and the latter on the South America; a globe is in the top left
Research and Collections

10-million-year-long Mammal Layover in Mexico Primed the Pump for the Great American Biotic Interchange Between North and South America

Published in the journal Science, a new study by NHM researchers shows that Mexico acted as a biodiversity "holding pen" for 10 million years ahead of the Great American Biotic Interchange that opened the floodgates between North and South America 2.8 million years ago.
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Meet Biggest Big Cat at the Tar Pits: The American Lion

Get up close and personal with the fiercest Ice Age Angeleno
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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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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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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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