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Research and Collections

Fishes Across America: Shoshone, California

Hit the road from your home and dive into the biodiversity of freshwater fishes across the U.S.
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Kayce Bell in Panama

Safer with Science

Scientific expertise lays a path through uncertainty
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Garden Bee

Nature Hunt

Get ready to explore your neighborhood!
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My Virtual Museum Home

Put on your Nature Eyes and #MuseumFromHome in an all-new way with Animal Crossing
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Nature gardens endangered plant

Bloomers and Swimmers

On Endangered Species Day, our fish curator and garden director talk about the imperiled species under our care.
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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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Bison on the range
Naturalist

An American Icon, Once Endangered

The natural history and near extinction of the most American of mammals
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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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Lizard Scavenger Hunt

How many can you find?
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