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Mammals

Exhibitions

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African and North American Diorama Halls

Breathtakingly realistic scenes of wild animals in their habitats.

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Backyard Bats

This survey, which is supported by the Disney Conservation Fund, is an opportunity to broaden awareness and interest in conserving species found in urban areas.

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NHMLAC Discovery Talk: L.A.'s Ice Age Animals

Join Connie Clark, La Brea Tar Pits Preparator, as she explores the La Brea Tar Pits Museum Fossil Lab’s work to improve fossil preparation practices, recent finds in Project 23, and why animals found around L.A. today might be rarer in the Tar Pits fossil record.

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Squirrel Survey Scavenger Hunt

Let's Look for Squirrels!

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News & Press

Natural History Museum Issues Statement on the Passing of P-22, Los Angeles’ Famous Mountain Lion

NHMLAC is committed to honoring and sharing the iconic animal’s legacy to inspire Angelenos to continue to protect L.A.’s wildlife and ecosystems.

Burro-ing Into the Past

A new study reveals that introduced donkeys and indigenous pumas are helping to resurrect extinct food webs in Death Valley.

Eating bamboo? It's all in the wrist.

An ancient fossil reveals the earliest panda to survive solely on bamboo and the evolutionary history of panda's false thumbs

You Aren't Always What You Eat

A new study explores the limits of convergent evolution and how diet does and doesn’t shape animals’ skulls

NHMLAC Receives Disney Conservation Grant Fund For Backyard Bat Survey

Grant to Support Community Science Study of Bat Activity in Los Angeles