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

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Hollywood Has a Home
“We are the mother lode of Hollywood artifacts,” says Beth Werling, Collections Manager in History.
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Valley Bugs and City Lizards
From the San Gabriel Mountains to the beaches, L.A. is home to plants and animals, some of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
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Owl About Odin
He may only weigh about a third of a pound, but this Museum resident packs a big personality punch.
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Meet Dr. Slime
Dr. Jann Vendetti, NHM's Associate Curator of Malacology, has a soft spot for the tiny and slimy .
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Dinosaurs in the Desert
A crew heads to the Badlands of Utah and New Mexico and return with (literally) tons of fossil treasure, plus a few big surprises.
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His Mansion for a Horse
Swing by the Cowboy Festival and a special open house Saturday, April 21, and Sunday, April 22
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Dinosaurs in China
NHM Scientists Seek Out Birds From the East
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Fish Since the Dinosaurs
The last 66 million years of fish evolution
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Your Climate Change Talking Points
We asked museum scientists, volunteers, and Angelenos to tell us how they wrap their heads around the topic of climate change, how they explain it, and how it informs their everyday lives.
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