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A close up of the skull of a polar bear skeleton

The Tale of Piccolo the Polar Bear and Captain Jack Bonavita

The story of the most famous polar bear in our collections

Man standing in front of a call covered in colorful graffiti, leaning his right shoulder against the wall. His hands are in his pockets; he wears a dark baseball cap and gray plaid, button-down long-sleeved shirt.

Skate, Create, Elevate

Salman Agah | Pizzanista!

Three men, one older, two younger, standing in front of two red class cars

Driven by Pride

Mike Parente, Randall Mitchell, & Rhoeby Gonzalez | Great Autos Car Club

A mother holds her dead child between the North American continent all depicted in red

Posters from Protests Against the Vietnam War on the 50th Anniversary of the War's End

Posters cared for by the Seaver Center for Western History Research Collection recall campus protests and national strife reverberating into our nation's struggles today

Yewande Pearse and AZA Allsop seated in chairs, facing each other on stage

AMPLIFIED – Healing Sounds

A discussion with AZA Allsop, MD PhD, Assistant Professor at Yale and Howard University and Director of the Center for Collective.

Illustration of ice age bird, the teratorn.

Meet Teratorn, the Largest Bird Found at La Brea Tar Pits

The teratorn was undoubtedly big, but was it a big vulture or something else?

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Girls in STEM Programs

Join us for Girls in STEM Programming at the Natural History Museum! Our Girls in STEM Programming has opportunities for girls ages 8-18 to participate in hands-on STEM activities, meet real scientists, and explore future career paths in a fun and engaging way.

Saber-toothed Summer Self-Guided Tour

Smilodon for the camera and capture some purrfect pics on this selfie scavenger hunt. Discover everything there is to know about the fearsome feline with the killer canines only at La Brea Tar Pits.