Stories
Welcome to Stories, a place to explore—and be inspired by—the wonder of our natural and cultural worlds.
The Anglerfish Artist
Dwight Hwang, an expert at the traditional Japanese printing technique called gyotaku, was invited to the museum recently to perform a marriage of art and science
Sample Tar Pits' Paleo Diets
Gnawing questions answered with fossilized teeth
A Rare Deep Sea Gem Arrives at NHM
A Pacific footballfish, a type of anglerfish that typically lives thousands of feet underwater, and that washed ashore at the beach, is now part of our Ichthyology Collection.
Fake It 'Til You Make It
How tropical tanagers cheat their way to flashier feathers and hopefully more mates
