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

Western yellow bat (Lasiurus xanthinus)
Nature in L.A.
Bats over Los Angeles with Miguel Ordeñana
NHM's Curiosity Show chats with Community Science Manager and Wildlife Biologist Miguel Ordenana and learn all about L.A.'s urban bats.
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Oculudentavis, tiny dinosaur trapped in amber
A Tiny Dinosaur and a Big Discovery
An international team, including NHM scientists, discovered the smallest dinosaur ever found, almost perfectly preserved
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Bill Deverell, Director at Huntington-USC, in front of The Star in Becoming Los Angeles
Research and Collections
#MindBlownLA Bill Deverell and NHM's Shining Star
Director at Huntington-USC, shares how the history of an iconic star blows his mind.
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Micheline Pitt in front of the Three Muses in NHM's Rotunda
Naturalist
#MindBlownLA NHM’s Three Muses and Micheline Pitt
Fashion Designer and Filmmaker shares how the rotunda’s history blows her mind.
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Still shot of Micheline Pitt in the Natural History of Horror exhibition at NHM
Naturalist
#MindBlownLA The Science of Scary with Micheline Pitt
Fashion Designer and Filmmaker shares her fascination with the science behind horror films.
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babies, twig, fragile
An Early Bird?
Hummingbirds in Santa Barbara
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Trumpet, tree, pink, bloom, pollenated
Nature in L.A.
L.A.'s Street Trees
What trees line the L.A. streets?
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Close up of flat footed fly
Fungus Feeding, "Flat-Footed" Flies
Examining a staple of the L.A. backyard.
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Oak Gall
Nature in L.A.
Oak Wasp Galls
Let me introduce you to a tiny parasitic wasp that makes a unique nursery for its offspring.
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