Summer in September
Community Science Manager, Richard Smart looks at how squirrels escape the summer heat.
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Backyard Bats of South L.A.
Will bats be the unexpected ambassadors that will connect the urban community of South L.A. to nature?
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We Found Bats Living at La Brea Tar Pits!
We’ve recently discovered that bats are still flying over the Tar Pits on a regular basis!
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The Accidental Community Science of Security Cameras
How security cameras help document wildlife in backyards.
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Look who didn't get stuck at La Brea Tar Pits
When colleagues at La Brea Tar Pits contacted me, seemingly out of the blue, to request my help with camera trap monitoring in one of their excavation sites, I was already eager to pay them a visit.
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Our Museum Pride
How a diorama welcomed a few new wild residents.
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Through the Looking Glass
We are preparing right now to plant sturdy contraptions around La Brea Tar Pits, and soon they will blossom into portals to the Ice Age.
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Red Fox Sighted in San Pedro: From Fox Farms to Coyote Food
On a recent visit to San Pedro, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s Kimball Garrett crossed paths with a non-native red fox (Vulpes vulpes) near the 22nd Street Landing.
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