The new specimen highlights the crucial relationship zoos play in ensuring rare and endangered species are represented in museum collections.

When Southern California (or other bat-heavy areas) sees waves of extreme heat, the second-largest order of mammals can be put at significant risk. But with a little community assistance, our nocturnal neighbors like this Yuma myotis can sleep safely during hot days in a comfortable bat box — which you can easily build and install yourself.

The story of the most famous polar bear in our collections

Salman Agah | Pizzanista!

Mike Parente, Randall Mitchell, & Rhoeby Gonzalez | Great Autos Car Club

Posters cared for by the Seaver Center for Western History Research Collection recall campus protests and national strife reverberating into our nation's struggles today

The teratorn was undoubtedly big, but was it a big vulture or something else?

Researchers band birds and collect feathers in the Nature Gardens to study the impacts of wildfire smoke on birds.