How coyotes survived the Ice Age extinction

Kimberly Morales Johnson | Educator, Gabrielino Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians

A look at some of the reptile and amphibian specimens that have inspired some of film and television’s biggest, baddest monsters with Herpetology Collections Manager Neftali Camacho.

A pre-colonial symbol of fertility and virility

Recognizing the heritage and history of the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities, past and present.

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.

Help discover the incredible biodiversity all over Los Angeles!

A look at L.A.'s growth toward wildfires through historic images from the Seaver Center

Mark Langill | Team Historian, Los Angeles Dodgers

Groundbreaking new research from La Brea Tar Pits curators finds that in California, 13,000 years ago, huge Ice Age mammals that had roamed the landscape for many millennia, suddenly ceased to exist. The cause? Humans, catastrophic fires, and an ecosystem made vulnerable by climate change.