Mammals

Exhibitions

closeup of two elephants from the side that appear to have their trunks and tusks entwined

July 14 - October 9, 2023 | NHM

Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards

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Exhibition | NHM

African and North American Diorama Halls

Breathtakingly realistic scenes of wild animals in their habitats.

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Stories

A close up of the skull of a polar bear skeleton

The Tale of Piccolo the Polar Bear and Captain Jack Bonavita

The story of the most famous polar bear in our collections

A man shows a wolf skull to another man with a beard and a woman

NHM's Mammalogy Collection with NATGEO's Ronan Donovan & Dr. Xiaoming Wang

NHM's Vertebrate Paleontology Curator tours the photographer behind the Wolves exhibition through our collections

Spotting Species with Zebra Stripes in the Mammalogy Collection

A horse researcher walks into the Mammalogy Collection...

Silhouette of two wolves howling at sunset

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Wolves Stalking the Collections

Bat Specimens from the Mammalogy Collection laid back to back with their specimen tags visible

Digitized Mammals

How the new digitization project Ranges is unlocking the potential of NHM's Mammalogy Collection

Fabricating Wilderness

Explore a new book on the history of NHM’s habitat dioramas on sale this September

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Squirrel Survey Scavenger Hunt

Let's Look for Squirrels!

NHMLAC Discovery Talk with Dr. Jorge Velez-Juarbe

Join Dr. Jorge Velez-Juarbe as he explores the migration of vertebrate fauna to the Caribbean Islands and the effects of climate change on his field work.

Puma skull from Project 23 at La Brea Tar Pits

Pebbles the Ice Age Puma

NHM Virtual Field Trip

Happy Hour with Dr. Regan Dunn

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

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

Exhibitions

Stories

The Tale of Piccolo the Polar Bear and Captain Jack Bonavita

NHM's Mammalogy Collection with NATGEO's Ronan Donovan & Dr. Xiaoming Wang

Spotting Species with Zebra Stripes in the Mammalogy Collection

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Wolves Stalking the Collections

Digitized Mammals

Fabricating Wilderness

Discover more

News & Press

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