Global Adventures | Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County

Landscape of snow, mountains, and researchers' tents and field camp under a blue sky

Global Adventures

Our collections sometimes come from our own expeditions and exploration—whether on the most distant continents or in our own backyard.

Casting a Net in Costa Rica

Netting Specimens in Costa Rica

Out in the World

Close up of diana kou's dusty hand with her face out of focus

My Dinosaur Dig

Amy Gusick doing field research in Micronesia

Humans On The Move

Explore the environment

tar pit in trinidad edited

From Giant Ground Sloths to Tiny Poops

Woolly Rhino in the snow.

Woolly Rhino Fossil with Xiaoming Wang

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Close up of ant-eating fly

The Ant-decapitating Fly

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nate smith in antarctica

Meet Our Polar Explorer

Read the interview