Stories

NHM Commons—the Museum’s new wing and community hub—will welcome visitors this fall with, among other wonders, the newest and biggest fossil Angeleno: Gnatalie.

Ronan Donovan, a National Geographic Explorer and photographer, has examined the relationship between wild wolves and humans in order to better understand the animals, our shared history, and what drives the persistent human-wolf conflict.

Mark Dion discusses his immersive, uncanny installation at La Brea Tar Pits.

Meet a new dazzling black opal and discover the science behind the sparkle with Dr. Aaron Celestian

Get a behind-the-scenes look at Ornithology's type cabinet and meet some of the specimens used to describe new bird species

What is Beetlejuice?

You may ride, drive, bike, run and walk your L.A. streets, but do you know the history behind L.A. street names?

This artists’ team—including from left to right, RFX1 (Jason Chang), Joel Fernando, and Yesenia Prieto—created a site-specific installation for a new exhibition.

The artist, Saul Becker, created an apocalyptic, yet hauntingly beautiful landscape of glass, crystal, and metal that draws attention to ways humans have altered the habitats around us.

Stephanie Abramowicz, illustrator in our Dinosaur Institute, has brought Gnatalie, the Green Dino, into full color. The paleoartist who also helped dig up the long-necked dinosaur—soon to be on display in the Museum’s new wing, NHM Commons—talks about how she uses scientific evidence to paint the prehistoric.