BE ADVISED: On Saturday, October 31, the LA Memorial Coliseum will host the USC vs. Ohio State football game. Kickoff is at 4:30 pm. This event will impact traffic, parking, and wayfinding in the area due to street closures. Please consider riding the Metro E (Expo) Line and exiting at USC/Expo station. On Sunday, November 1, due to multiple events happening throughout Exposition Park we anticipate heavy traffic and limited parking. Visit our Parking and Directions page for more information. For questions, please contact info@nhm.org or call 213-763-DINO (3466).

Don't Fear the Spider

Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas breaks down why spiders are amazing

Don't Fear the Spider

Rodrigo Monjaraz Ruedas, NHM's Assistant Curator of Entomology, studies evolutionary biology and systematics of short-range endemic arthropods. His research combines fieldwork, museum collection data, morphology and phylogenomics to address specific questions about speciation, species delineation, morphological evolution, and biodiversity. Much of his research also emphasizes conservation biology, taxonomy and bioinformatics!