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Life reconstruction of fire at La Brea Tar Pits during the Pleistocene as bison are stuck during a wildfire
Why Did the Ice Age Titans Go Extinct?
A new study reveals that human impacts in an environment made fire-prone by climate change and herbivore loss led to large mammals vanishing from southern California.
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Research and Collections
Jurassic Perks
How Jurassic Park helped spark a boom in new dinosaur discoveries
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Hamlin with Guy Irwin, 1907 Riding in a Franklin Automobile
Start Your Engines
Cruise through automobile history in a behind-the-scenes look at our vintage image collection of L.A.’s early driving scene.
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UNLAB Mentees 2023 Group
Naturalist
How Our Museum Grows
A unique and transformative museum mentorship program about biodiversity begins
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Imagination Collaboration
CoachArt Kids and NHM's Performing Artists team up for dino-mite workshops.
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Green returning to the Angeles National Forest in Southern California six months after the Station Fire.
Where There's Smoke
A look at what we know and don't know about how growing wildfires impact our natural world, and how we can learn to cope
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Extinction Study La Brea Tar Pits Emily Lindsey video
What La Brea Tar Pits Fossils Reveal
Emily Lindsey, Associate Curator and Excavation Site Director at La Brea Tar Pits, talks about what fossils can tell us about extinction and survival.
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Extinction Study Regan Dunn What Ice Age Plants Reveal
What Ice Age Plants Reveal
Regan Dunn, Interim Assistant Deputy Director and Assistant Curator at La Brea Tar Pits, talks about what ice age plants can tell us about extinction and survival.
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