UNLAB Mentees 2023 Group
Naturalist

Baccalaureates in Biodiversity

Meet the first graduating class of NHMLAC’s extraordinary mentorship and apprenticeship program—UNLAB (Understanding Nature and L.A. Biodiversity). Discover what eight college grads learned about fish, snails, and other creatures of the natural world from ancient times to the present—and how to protect them in the future. 
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Research and Collections

The Olympics in Los Angeles: Back to the Future

Los Angeles first hosted the 1932 Summer Games for the Xth Olympiad. The Museum, then called the Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, provided the venue for the Olympic Art Exhibition.
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Fabricating Wilderness

Explore a new book on the history of NHM’s habitat dioramas on sale this September
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Red-tailed hawk perched next to a pipe on its nest

Hawks Are Everywhere!

Red-tailed Hawks Nesting at the Coliseum
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Revitalizing Native Foods

Heidi Lucero | Chia Café Collective
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Oaxaca Unwrapped: A Journey Through Chocolate

Bricia, Paulina, and Fernando Lopez | Guelaguetza Restaurant
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Edelweiss Chocolates: Decades of Desserts

Danny Zahirpour | Edelweiss Chocolates
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Big Dreams, Petite Sweets

Albert Daniel | Albert's Petite Sweets
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Research and Collections

An Object of Contempt and Curiosity to a Testament of Hope

At quick glance, the picture looked unremarkable and vaguely familiar like something I might have on my iPhone. After introspection, it reveals stories about community, immigration, tradition, and a historic earthquake.
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