Stories

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

LA Nature Quest
Join LA Nature Quest this October and discover and share biodiversity across Los Angeles
A Decade of Discoveries for 10 Years of Dino Fest
To mark 10 years of Dino Fest, we're looking back at 10 of the colossal discoveries by NHM researchers from the Age of Dinosaurs
Digitized Mammals
How the new digitization project Ranges is unlocking the potential of NHM's Mammalogy Collection
Riding Low, Rising High
Sandy Avila | Lady Lowriders
More than a rock
Our intrepid colleague's dig diary from her fossil-finding expedition to Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.
NHM's Favorite Cinematic Dinos
Watch a video compilation of our top picks for the fiercest, weirdest, and kitschiest dinosaur movies through history. Travel back through their cinematic history from Jurassic Park's T. rex to Arlo, The Good Dinosaur.
A Northern White Rhino Skeleton From the San Diego Zoo Comes to NHM
The new specimen highlights the crucial relationship zoos play in ensuring rare and endangered species are represented in museum collections.
Violet-colored Sea Snails, Janthina janthina, Wash up on SoCal Beaches
NHM's Jann Vendetti discusses the ocean-dwelling purple colored snails that washed up on Southern California beaches in July 2025.
Our Dinosaur Librarian
Meet Maureen Walsh, Collections Manager of the Dinosaur Institute, who protects and presides over the Museum’s world-class collection of paleontological thousands of specimens spanning the millions of years dinosaurs stomped, darted, and soared around our prehistoric planet