Stories

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

An All-New Nature Camp
In the Summer of 2018, there were hundreds of happy campers around L.A. thanks to NHM’s partnership with the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation’s ESTEAM Summer camp.
Through the Looking Glass
We are preparing right now to plant sturdy contraptions around La Brea Tar Pits, and soon they will blossom into portals to the Ice Age.
The Mesmerizing Eyes of Eristalinus Taeniopa
This week, we bring you a visual treat from BioSCAN's Principal Investigator, Curator of Entomology, and Photographer Extraordinaire, Dr. Brian Brown.
It's a bird? It's a plane? It's a White-Lined Sphinx Moth!
At the end of every work day, before I head home into that lovely L.A. rush hour traffic, I walk through the Nature Garden at one of my favorite times of the day, the magic hour as the sun sets, the diurnal animals hunker down, and the nocturnal ones get ready for action. 
The Coffin Fly
As you well know, we are fly obsessed here at BioSCAN.
The Birds and the Bees of Ladybug STDs
Mulitcolored Asian ladybug, Harmonia axyridis, collected from the roof of Angel City Brewery in Downtown LA. Ladybug date night?
Trapped in Amber
New amber in the entomology collections record past animals’ behavior.
Red Fox Sighted in San Pedro: From Fox Farms to Coyote Food
On a recent visit to San Pedro, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s Kimball Garrett crossed paths with a non-native red fox (Vulpes vulpes) near the 22nd Street Landing.