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

bird dinosaur fossil china
Naturalist
Dinosaurs in China
NHM Scientists Seek Out Birds From the East
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bat stars, starfish
Research and Collections
Oceans Online
Digitization of collections unlocks climate clues.
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fishes
Naturalist
Fish Since the Dinosaurs
The last 66 million years of fish evolution
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Young community scientists help to document wildlife in the heart of Los Angeles
Nature in L.A.
City Nature Challenge: L.A. vs. S.F.
Museums are asking residents of and visitors to the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County to explore nature all around them and document the species they find.
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image of Gaper Clam
Nature in L.A.
Was Hancock Park Beachfront Property 120,000 Years Ago?
Pacific Gaper Clam: A large, common bivalve that inhabits sandy areas of bays along an open coast, often buried a foot or more.
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C-145 spotted in the Silver Lake neighborhood, Photo Credit: National Park Service
Nature in L.A.
Coyotes of L.A.’s Urban Core: Using Science to Separate Fact from Fiction
The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area formally announced this week that they launched the first study on urban coyotes of Los Angeles.  
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image of puma in the dark
Nature in L.A.
The Sound of Our Griffith Park Mountain Lion: P-22 and the Mysteries of Puma Communication
What comes to mind when you imagine the call of P-22, L.A.'s famous urban mountain lion?
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Girl in Griffith Park Ferndell Nature Museum
Nature in L.A.
The Scoop on Ferndell: Griffith Park's Enchanted "Nature Museum"
At the border of the Hollywood Hills and Los Feliz neighborhoods is an enchanting, tree-shaded half-mile trail of Griffith Park.
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film camera taste of history
Lights, Camera, Action
When you work in the NHM History Collections, you can find some rather mysterious objects.
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