City Nature Challenge girl with binoculars
Global Community Science
How crowd-sourced science projects like the City Nature Challenge fuel research to protect our planet
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Miner, fuzz, macro, yellow, wing
Research and Collections
Big Bee Bonanza
Help digitize NHM's bee collections and keep bees buzzing with this crowd-sourced community science project
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Dune sedge, strawberry, and juniper make good lawn alternatives
Get Off Your Lawn
Quit cutting grass and start cutting down your water usage with inspiration from our Nature Gardens
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white storks
Research and Collections
Armenia's White Storks
Nest Neighbors Bring Good Fortune Across the Globe
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Bison Teeth 3D Model Close Up for Header Image
Research and Collections
Sample Tar Pits' Paleo Diets
Gnawing questions answered with fossilized teeth
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Two males biting the head and neck region of a female Southern Alligator Lizard
Climate Change, Reptiles, and You!
Animals are already reacting to climate change
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Marine Minerals Video sunset over ocean
Research and Collections
There's Climate History at the Bottom of the Ocean
Looking at ocean sediments reveals how Earth has changed over time.
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Los Angeles River
Naturalist
Remembering the First Earth Day
“It was just a real beginning of the environmental movement.”
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Amy Gusick doing field research in Micronesia
Naturalist
Humans On The Move
Dr. Amy Gusick, NHM’s Associate Curator of Anthropology, looks for answers in her archaeological studies of how people responded to environmental fluctuations
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aerial view of waves on a beach
Naturalist
Our Changing Planet
Whether through fossil digs, bug hunts, or ocean dives, NHMLAC is uniquely situated to gather, study, and share new knowledge about our changing environment.
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