Male walruses relaxing
Research and Collections

Walruses: On the Tusk of Greatness

With the discovery of the oldest tusked walrus yet, NHM scientists are getting to the root of the walrus’ long tooth.
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Clear glass drug bottle from turn of the century

Message From A Bottle

Finds from Exposition Park excavations reveal past lives.
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Preparator James Preston working on fossils from home.
Research and Collections

A Different Kind of Prepping

For Vertebrate Paleontology Preparator James Preston, science doesn’t stop.
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mammoth exhibit tar pits mammoths and mastodons

Meet Hayden, the Metro Mammoth

A juvenile mammoth that was discovered during a dig for the new Metro
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Woolly Rhino in the snow.
Research and Collections

Woolly Rhino Fossil with Xiaoming Wang

Our researchers make exciting discoveries all over the world
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Summer of Sloths

Death by pooping?

La Brea Tar Pits Assistant Curator Emily Lindsey and a team of researchers found a treasure trove of giant ground sloth specimens
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Endurance Ernest Shackleton’s ship
Naturalist

Suit Up for Antarctic Adventures

Antarctic Dinosaurs takes visitors on a journey through centuries of polar explorations
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Landscape of a quarry in utah
Research and Collections

My Dinosaur Dig

Every year, NHM researchers (and sometimes, office folk like myself) make their way to an exclusive Utah dig site to unearth more and more dinosaur bones.
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