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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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Research and Collections

Biodiversity in L.A. Backyards

A week's worth of spotlighting species (and some ways you can help) in recognition of California's Biodiversity Week, September 7–15, 2024.
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A Ptango With Pterosaurs

How do the biggest wings the Earth has ever seen stack up to the flying reptiles of fantasy–dragons?
 
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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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Research and Collections

Fragmentary Fossils Help Tell the Whole Evolutionary Story

Paleontological “twigs” from our fossil past can help us reconstruct branches on the tree of life
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Earth's First Giant

The two-meter skull of a humongous new ichthyosaur species, Earth’s first known giant creature, reveals how both the extinct marine reptiles and modern whales became giants.
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Research and Collections

Noggins for Noshing?

Animal diets, skull shapes and the limits of convergent evolution
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At the Feet of Mammoths

Meet some of the Ice Age minifauna still making their home in L.A.
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A Long Lived Leaper

NHM’s Prince Rogers Nelson the Western Spadefoot frog sets longevity record  
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Pondy the Western Pond Turtle

Bon Voyage, Pondy

Our adorable western pond turtle has a new, amazing home!
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