Stories

Welcome to Stories, a place to explore—and be inspired by—the wonder of our natural and cultural worlds.

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. 

Project Phoenix

Get involved in an innovative project that leverages the power of community to understand how wildfire smoke impacts California birds.

The Olympics in Los Angeles: Back to the Future

Los Angeles first hosted the 1932 Summer Games for the Xth Olympiad. The Museum, then called the Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, provided the venue for the Olympic Art Exhibition.

Fabricating Wilderness

Explore a new book on the history of NHM’s habitat dioramas on sale this September

Hawks Are Everywhere!

Red-tailed Hawks Nesting at the Coliseum

Revitalizing Native Foods

Heidi Lucero | Chia Café Collective

Oaxaca Unwrapped: A Journey Through Chocolate

Bricia, Paulina, and Fernando Lopez | Guelaguetza Restaurant

Edelweiss Chocolates: Decades of Desserts

Danny Zahirpour | Edelweiss Chocolates