The Newly Described Andean Storm-Petrel Is Just Our Type (Specimen)
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Ornithology's type cabinet and meet some of the specimens used to describe new bird species
Walking With Giant Sloths
Take a (virtual) summer road trip to White Sands National Park to explore the fossilized tracks of giant ground sloths
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Baccalaureates in Biodiversity
Meet the first graduating class of NHMLAC’s extraordinary mentorship and apprenticeship program—UNLAB (Understanding Nature and L.A. Biodiversity). Discover what eight college grads learned about fish, snails, and other creatures of the natural world from ancient times to the present—and how to protect them in the future. 
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Dispatches from the D-ARK
Follow Curator of Malacology Jann Vendetti with updates from an expedition into the deep sea caves around Japan's Minami-Daitō Island
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Wonder Is in Our Bones
How giant fossils expand the dimensions of our imagination
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A New Skink in Town
How an iNaturalist observation of a non-native lizard could help protect Southern California’s native species—and its economy
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Spaceport Fossils from French Guiana
How one small step for a spaceport in French Guiana led to a giant leap for Pleistocene fossils
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Halichoeres sanchezi: A New Fish Species from Mexico’s Revillagigedos Islands
How a team of marine scientists netted a fish species new to science with three dives off a far-flung island
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The Migration of the Lincoln Heights Whale
As modern whales make their annual journey across the ocean, discover one whale’s 10 million-year journey through time from Flat Top Hill to L.A. Underwater