Stories

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

Naturalist

How Our Museum Grows

A unique and transformative museum mentorship program about biodiversity begins

Nature in L.A.

Know Your Compost

The how and why of composting

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Imagination Collaboration

CoachArt Kids and NHM's Performing Artists team up for dino-mite workshops.

Green returning to the Angeles National Forest in Southern California six months after the Station Fire.

Where There's Smoke

A look at what we know and don't know about how growing wildfires impact our natural world, and how we can learn to cope

A Tapestry of Heroes: The 3D Life of Alli Norman

Alli Norman | Just Play Toys

Extinction Study La Brea Tar Pits Emily Lindsey video

What La Brea Tar Pits Fossils Reveal

Emily Lindsey, Associate Curator and Excavation Site Director at La Brea Tar Pits, talks about what fossils can tell us about extinction and survival.

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What Ice Age Plants Reveal

Regan Dunn, Interim Assistant Deputy Director and Assistant Curator at La Brea Tar Pits, talks about what ice age plants can tell us about extinction and survival.

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Playing With Fire: Extinction and Survival at La Brea Tar Pits

In California, 13,000 years ago, huge Ice Age mammals that had roamed the landscape for many millennia, suddenly ceased to exist. The cause? Humans, catastrophic fires, and an ecosystem made vulnerable by climate change.

Nature in L.A.

Match Point

Regan Dunn, Interim Assistant Deputy Director and Assistant Curator at La Brea Tar Pits, looks at the pervasive planetary issue of fire with a long-term lens.