Elephant Hill Portrait
Research and Collections
Elephant Hill Community Nature Celebration and Habitat Survey
Join community members and scientists, Saturday, October 14, to celebrate and study nature on Elephant Hill, an open space in North East L.A. valuable to humans and wildlife.
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Children participating in a bioblitz
Welcome to the 2023 LA BioBlitz Challenge
Help discover the incredible biodiversity all over Los Angeles!
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Wildfire Smoke and Birds
A Q&A with Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot, Director of Project Phoenix
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Nature Gardens Explorers
Naturalist Nature in L.A.
Nature Gardens Turn 10
A look back—and forward–at all the nature thriving in NHM’s Nature Gardens.
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Allen's hummingbird gorget magnified at 100x
Research and Collections
There's a Feather for That
Bird Curator Allison Shultz lays out the surprising powers of plumage and how understanding feathers helps humans—and helps humans to help birds.
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Year of the Rabbit
Celebrate the 2023 Lunar New Year with highlights from the collection
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Small Wonders
NHM’s new Scanning Electron Microscope Lab connects guests with big science and tiny specimens.
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Birding with students at San Pascual Elementary School
Nature in L.A.
Let's Go Birding!
Join a student-guided avian adventure
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Cooper's hawk on a railing by inaturalist user radrat
Research and Collections
How Littler Raptors Are Making It in the Big City
Picturing the perfect city raptor with community science data
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Backyard Birding Episode 2: Habitats
The incredible variation in L.A. County’s landscape also means there’s an incredible variety of birds.
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