Bug Fair Connected
Bug Fair Is On
Get a taste of Bug Fair 2020
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macro, zoom, wasps, native, L.A.
Bug Out With Us
Those shiny, spiky, and furry creatures zipping and buzzing all around us are glorious beings with interesting bios.
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A black phoebe bird perces on a Covid-19 Closure Notice sign.
Nature in L.A.
Nature Comes Home
The results are in! A record number of people participated in City Nature Challenge 2020, mostly exploring in or near their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Opossum
Meet Our Museum Animals
What the Vertebrate Living Collections team has been up to during the museum's temporary closure, including telemedicine and museum walk-abouts.
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A hummingbird at rest on a branch next to orange flowers
Nature in L.A.
Celebrate Nature With Us!
Take the City Nature Challenge and meet the person who started it all!
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Pollinator Meadow in the Nature Gardens Spring
Our Pollinator Meadow
Springs into Bloom
Take a Virtual Tour of Our Nature Gardens
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Humming Bird Nest
Nature in L.A.
The Greater Los Angeles
Egg Hunt
What better way to feel the healing powers of nature than celebrating the beginnings of new life while making a valuable contribution to science?
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kid explores nature in backyard
Nature in L.A.
Explore the Wild Outside
When yards and gardens become more wildlife friendly, the experience can be magical
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Lisa Gonzalez at her microscope
Naturalist
Itsy-Bitsy Made Big
Our Insect Expert Trains Her Lens on the Tiny
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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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