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Exhibitions

Two saber-toothed cats eating and standing on top of a zebra lying on the ground

Follow the Fossil: Unearthing Ice Age Mysteries

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Fossil Lab

What happens after the fossils at La Brea Tar Pits are excavated? This is where you find out.

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3D Theater

Travel back in time with Titans of the Ice Age.

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Stories

A woman with short gray hair and glasses next to a model orca

Keiko’s Tooth: A Killer Whale, a Movie Star, and the Hidden Power of Museum Collections

Assistant Mammalogy Collections Manager Amanda Killian on finding the Free Willy star's tooth and the ever-growing value of natural history museum collections

Native CA insects arranged into a mandala

New Study More Than Triples the Estimates of Insect Species From 6 Million to 20 Million

Ground-breaking study explodes the number of estimated insects, emphasizing the need for conservation and natural history collections

A high school building with the words 'San Pedro Pirates' surrounding an image of a pirate mascot on the building. Signs of construction surround the building

Fossils Under San Pedro High School Reveal a Pleistocene Beach in a Miocene Sea

Discover some of the last fossils and the lasting impact of the bone beds beneath San Pedro High School

Bobwhite, a brown quail-like bird with small black and white accents, on the ground

Scientists and Engineers Measure How Birds Send Heat into Space for the First Time

A new study from scientists at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, UCLA, Indiana University, and Cal State University, Dominguez Hills reveals the hidden reflectance of bird feathers through the prism of light, heat, and color

Meet Masripithecus: Newly Described Ancient Ape Fills a Gap in Evolutionary History of Primates

An international team of researchers add a new chapter in the story of apes—including us humans—starting around 18 million years ago in North Africa

Uncovering L.A.'s Ice Age Past

Take a dip into the science of the tar pits in this video, a rare look under the surface at the fossilized bones of Ice Age predators, from dire wolves to mighty mammoths.

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A researcher in a white lab coat returns a fossil to a shelf in a row of compact shelving

Samuel Oschin Global Center
for Ice Age Research

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Exhibitions

Follow the Fossil: Unearthing Ice Age Mysteries

Fossil Lab

3D Theater

Stories

Keiko’s Tooth: A Killer Whale, a Movie Star, and the Hidden Power of Museum Collections

New Study More Than Triples the Estimates of Insect Species From 6 Million to 20 Million

Fossils Under San Pedro High School Reveal a Pleistocene Beach in a Miocene Sea

Scientists and Engineers Measure How Birds Send Heat into Space for the First Time

Meet Masripithecus: Newly Described Ancient Ape Fills a Gap in Evolutionary History of Primates

Uncovering L.A.'s Ice Age Past

Discover more

Samuel Oschin Global Center
for Ice Age Research

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for Ice Age Research

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Follow the Fossil: Unearthing Ice Age Mysteries

Fossil Lab

3D Theater

Stories

Keiko’s Tooth: A Killer Whale, a Movie Star, and the Hidden Power of Museum Collections

New Study More Than Triples the Estimates of Insect Species From 6 Million to 20 Million

Fossils Under San Pedro High School Reveal a Pleistocene Beach in a Miocene Sea

Scientists and Engineers Measure How Birds Send Heat into Space for the First Time

Meet Masripithecus: Newly Described Ancient Ape Fills a Gap in Evolutionary History of Primates

Uncovering L.A.'s Ice Age Past

Discover more

Samuel Oschin Global Center for Ice Age Research

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