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Talking Tar Pits Turkeys
Dig into some ancient turkey with our Tar Pits team member, Preparator Laura Tewksbury.
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Research and Collections
Toothy Grins from the Past
The first 3D reconstructions of extinct Cretaceous birds reveal a reptilian tooth replacement pattern
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Photograph of the Dino Hall exhibit
Research and Collections
Virtual Na Paglilibot Sa Bulwagang Dino – Filipino
Isang pagbisitang virtual sa panahón ng mga dínosáwro
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E. Occidentalis
Horsing Around at La Brea Tar Pits
Say giddy up to the Western horse
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Here, Kitty, Kitty
It's been ice ages! Get reacquainted with your friendly neighborhood apex predator
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You Herd of Bison in L.A.?
Hoofing it through Ice Age Los Angeles
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Research and Collections
Sample Tar Pits' Paleo Diets
Gnawing questions answered with fossilized teeth
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Sabertooth cat skeleton and notecard with field notes
Get Sedimental With La Brea Tar Pits
Help transcribe 'dig' field notes for fossils excavated since 1969
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Clever Mary Music Video Illustration
Clever Mary: The Song of Mary Anning, A Hero of Paleontology
Sing along with NHM's Performing Arts team in celebration of Mary Anning, an overlooked matriarch of paleontology
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212 million years ago, in what is now Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, a group of Dromomeron romeri pause for a drink while several pterosaurs, now known to be their close evolutionary relatives, fly overhead. Image by Stephanie Abramowicz, Dinosaur Institute, NHMLAC
Naturalist
Dig Deeper Into Pterosaurs' Evolutionary Flight Path
NHM paleontologists take a big step in solving the mystery of pterosaurs' natural history
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