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Stump the Paleontologist
What did dinosaurs do all day? How did they lay eggs on the ground without cracking them? How were dinosaurs created? Our Dinosaur Institute scientists answer visitors’ tricky, probing questions in this video.
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Walking With Giant Sloths
Take a (virtual) summer road trip to White Sands National Park to explore the fossilized tracks of giant ground sloths
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Get Stuck on Petroleum Flies
KQED’s Deep Look gets up close and personal with the Tar Pits most successful (and smallest) predator
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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. 
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Project Phoenix
Get involved in an innovative project that leverages the power of community to understand how wildfire smoke impacts California birds.
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Research and Collections
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.
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Fabricating Wilderness
Explore a new book on the history of NHM’s habitat dioramas on sale this September
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Hawks Are Everywhere!
Red-tailed Hawks Nesting at the Coliseum
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Revitalizing Native Foods
Heidi Lucero | Chia Café Collective
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