Bat Specimens from the Mammalogy Collection laid back to back with their specimen tags visible
Research and Collections
Digitized Mammals
How the new digitization project Ranges is unlocking the potential of NHM's Mammalogy Collection
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A paleoart rendition of Eupachydiscus sp. by Cullen Townsend.
Research and Collections
Collections Staff Help Ammonites Come Out of Their Shells
Uncovering how digitization and collections management made a groundbreaking extinction study come to life
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Nature walking up Elephant Hill
Community Conservation at Elephant Hill
How co-created community science helps in the fight to save East L.A.'s largest open space
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Harlan's ground sloth illustration
Walking With Giant Sloths
Take a (virtual) summer road trip to White Sands National Park to explore the fossilized tracks of giant ground sloths
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An adult petroleum fly Helaeomyia petrolei taken with a keyence microscope
Get Stuck on Petroleum Flies
KQED’s Deep Look gets up close and personal with the Tar Pits most successful (and smallest) predator
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Fabricating Wilderness Cover
Fabricating Wilderness
Explore a new book on the history of NHM’s habitat dioramas on sale this September
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Red-tailed hawk perched next to a pipe on its nest
Hawks Are Everywhere!
Red-tailed Hawks Nesting at the Coliseum
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Tropical reef with fish swimming around it
Science of SpongeBob: Marine Protected Areas
How can we preserve Bikini Bottoms around the world?
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Northern Lampfish
Research and Collections
A Deep Dive on Microplastics
Museum scientists are examining fish guts to understand the pervasiveness and types of plastics invading California waters over time, which may help us understand how that pollution affects sea creatures and even land-loving pescatarians.
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