Stories

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

Gray Cracker

Gray Crackers Are Making Some Noise

Keep your eyes and your ears open for these tropical visitors at the Butterfly Pavilion.

Olvera Street Illustration

NHM Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Recognizing the heritage and history of the Hispanic and Latino/a/x community, past and present.

story of two pandemics

A Story of Two Pandemics

Alicia Sosa talks about living through two life-changing times in history

Machi Juan Curaqueo

Beyond Gender: Indigenous Perspectives, Mapuche

A limited series on some of the world's third gender Indigenous people

Fa’afafine and Fa’afatama Dance

Research and Collections

Beyond Gender: Indigenous Perspectives, Fa’afafine and Fa’afatama

A limited series on some of the world's third gender Indigenous people

Vela Muxe Los Angeles

Research and Collections

Beyond Gender: Indigenous Perspectives, Muxe

A limited series on some of the world's third gender Indigenous people

non-native brown widow spider

Help document the impacts of the invasive brown widow spider across Southern California

cyprinodon_nevadensis_shoshone

Research and Collections

Fishes Across America: Shoshone, California

Hit the road from your home and dive into the biodiversity of freshwater fishes across the U.S.

Photograph of the Dino Hall exhibit

Research and Collections

Virtual Tour of Dino Hall - Mandarin Chinese

A virtual visit to the Age of Dinosaurs

Charlotta Bass the first African-American woman to own a newspaper in the U.S.

The Pioneering Charlotta Bass

Hers was a life of inaugurals—the first African-American woman to own a newspaper, and the first to be nominated for Vice President