Painting of ice age Los Angeles featuring animals found as fossils at the Tar Pits

At the Feet of Mammoths

Meet some of the Ice Age minifauna still making their home in L.A.
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close up of Prince the spadefoot frog

A Long Lived Leaper

NHM’s Prince Rogers Nelson the Western Spadefoot frog sets longevity record  
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Pondy the Western Pond Turtle

Bon Voyage, Pondy

Our adorable western pond turtle has a new, amazing home!
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Red-eared slider A.Clause

Science in a Half-Shell: Dissecting Turtles at Home

NHM researchers dig for plastic in freshwater turtles
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Placeholder photo of a lizard

#MuseumLikeMe: Lizard Moves

Cold-blooded moves for hot summer days
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Two males biting the head and neck region of a female Southern Alligator Lizard

Climate Change, Reptiles, and You!

Animals are already reacting to climate change
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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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