A color wheel of bird skins from the collection.
Research and Collections
The How and Why of Colorful Feathers
Equal parts ornithologist and evolutionary biologist, Assistant Ornithology Curator Dr. Allison Shultz has been investigating two questions throughout her research career: how are birds colorful, and why are birds colorful.
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Luis and t rex trio
Research and Collections
Mind-Blown Science: Dr. Luis Chiappe and NHM's T. rex Trio
Dr. Luis Chiappe, Director of NHM's Dinosaur Institute, explains why NHM’s spectacular T. rex growth series blows his mind.
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Ant decapitating fly up-close
Research and Collections
Mind-Blown Science: The Ant-decapitating Fly
Violence in the insect world: a new type of ant decapitation
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Woolly Rhino in the snow.
Research and Collections
Woolly Rhino Fossil with Xiaoming Wang
Our researchers make exciting discoveries all over the world
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Bill Deverell, Director at Huntington-USC, in front of The Star in Becoming Los Angeles
Research and Collections
#MindBlownLA Bill Deverell and NHM's Shining Star
Director at Huntington-USC, shares how the history of an iconic star blows his mind.
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A bird sits in nature.
Research and Collections
Our Expert on Birds
Dr. Allison Shultz, Assistant Curator of Ornithology, comments on an alarming study.
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Landscape of a quarry in utah
Research and Collections
My Dinosaur Dig
Every year, NHM researchers (and sometimes, office folk like myself) make their way to an exclusive Utah dig site to unearth more and more dinosaur bones.
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Miguel and students look at camera trap photos community science wildlife
Nature in L.A. Research and Collections
A Campus Trek, Wildlife Camera In Hand
Esperanza elementary school students learn about camera trap technology.
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