There's so many bugs to see! Still image
So Many Bugs to See!
Check out the Luv Bugzzz very first music video!
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Yellow-banded wasp moth (Syntomeida ipomoeae).
How to Lightsheet for Moths
Go outside and identify moths!
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Photo of mantis on leaf branch
Amazing Mantids and Untangling the Widow's Web
Two informative videos about some awesome arthopods
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My Virtual Museum Home
Put on your Nature Eyes and #MuseumFromHome in an all-new way with Animal Crossing
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A black phoebe bird perces on a Covid-19 Closure Notice sign.
Nature in L.A.
Nature Comes Home
The results are in! A record number of people participated in City Nature Challenge 2020, mostly exploring in or near their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Opossum
Meet Our Museum Animals
What the Vertebrate Living Collections team has been up to during the museum's temporary closure, including telemedicine and museum walk-abouts.
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A hummingbird at rest on a branch next to orange flowers
Nature in L.A.
Celebrate Nature With Us!
Take the City Nature Challenge and meet the person who started it all!
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Close up of Painted Lady Butterfly
Follow the Butterflies
Help us count butterflies!
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Ant decapitating fly up-close
Research and Collections
Mind-Blown Science: The Ant-decapitating Fly
Violence in the insect world: a new type of ant decapitation
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A monarch butterfly lands on a bright orange flower
Nature in L.A.
The Flight of Monarch Butterfl
Tracking one tiny creature's big adventure.
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