A close up of the skull of a polar bear skeleton
The Tale of Piccolo the Polar Bear and Captain Jack Bonavita
The story of the most famous polar bear in our collections
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Man standing in front of a call covered in colorful graffiti, leaning his right shoulder against the wall. His hands are in his pockets; he wears a dark baseball cap and gray plaid, button-down long-sleeved shirt.
Skate, Create, Elevate
Salman Agah | Pizzanista!
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Three men, one older, two younger, standing in front of two red class cars
Driven by Pride
Mike Parente, Randall Mitchell, & Rhoeby Gonzalez | Great Autos Car Club
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A mother holds her dead child between the North American continent all depicted in red
Posters from Protests Against the Vietnam War on the 50th Anniversary of the War's End
Posters cared for by the Seaver Center for Western History Research Collection recall campus protests and national strife reverberating into our nation's struggles today
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AMPLIFIED – Healing Sounds
A discussion with AZA Allsop, MD PhD, Assistant Professor at Yale and Howard University and Director of the Center for Collective.
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Illustration of ice age bird, the teratorn.
Meet Teratorn, the Largest Bird Found at La Brea Tar Pits
The teratorn was undoubtedly big, but was it a big vulture or something else?
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A male house finch with a little red plumage around its beak and breast alongside otherwise gray feathers being held still by a person's hand
Research and Collections
Bird banding, Wildfire Smoke, and the Nature Gardens
Researchers band birds and collect feathers in the Nature Gardens to study the impacts of wildfire smoke on birds.
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Curating a Legacy
Hrach Gevrikyan | Velo Pasadena Bicycle Shop
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L.A. on Eight Wheels
Evil E | L.A. Derby Dolls
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best_slug_photo snailblitz 2020 banana slug on the ground
Congratulations, Banana Slugs!
California finally has a state slug, just in time for Snail Search 2025
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