BE ADVISED: The museum's parking lot will be closed to guests from Friday, November 1 to Friday, November 15 in preparation for the PST Art + Science Family Festival. Please plan your visit accordingly. For questions or directions, please call 213.763.3466 or email info@nhm.org.
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.