Stories

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

Jumping spider
#MuseumLikeMe: Spider Moves
Get up off your abdomen for some arachnid inspired moves!
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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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Bison on the range
Naturalist
An American Icon, Once Endangered
The natural history and near extinction of the most American of mammals
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western fence lizard dorsal view
Naturalist
A Lover at Hart
We’d like to introduce you to one of the William S. Hart Museum’s most devoted visitors.
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Marine Minerals Video sunset over ocean
Research and Collections
There's Climate History at the Bottom of the Ocean
Looking at ocean sediments reveals how Earth has changed over time.
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Turtle fossil prep
Research and Collections
A Fossilized Turtle Revealed
Uncover the methods behind preparing fossils with Vertebrate Paleontology Department preparator Alan Zdinak.
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