Canthigaster_smile fish from St. Helena
Research and Collections
Stepping Stones Across Oceans
NHM’s Ichthyology Curator visits two remote islands to understand how fish move around our planet.
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Girls-in-STEM Fossil Day
Naturalist
 Wonder Girls
A contingent of 8 to 18-year-olds spent three inspirational days at NHM learning from experts about fossils, mammals, and oceans, and discovering the many stepping stones to careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
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Depth Perceptions
NHM’s marine collections illuminate the shape of life in deep water.
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A Giant Fish Story
An extremely rare adult giant sea bass specimen makes its way to NHM
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SEM scan of a brittle star
Research and Collections
Think Small With SEM
Seeing the big picture with tiny specimens and one powerful scanning electron microscope
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Anacapa Island Channel Islands landscape
Off to Anacapa!
Our Anthropology Curator heads to the Channel Islands on an unprecedented underwater archaeology expedition to find evidence of the first people to set foot on these shores
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Research and Collections
Year of the Tiger
Celebrate the 2022 Lunar New Year with highlights from the collection
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Earth's First Giant
The two-meter skull of a humongous new ichthyosaur species, Earth’s first known giant creature, reveals how both the extinct marine reptiles and modern whales became giants.
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The Great Shark Hunt
A community effort to uncover ancient L.A.
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