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Project Phoenix

Get involved in an innovative project that leverages the power of community to understand how wildfire smoke impacts California birds.
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The Olympics in Los Angeles: Back to the Future

Los Angeles first hosted the 1932 Summer Games for the Xth Olympiad. The Museum, then called the Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, provided the venue for the Olympic Art Exhibition.
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Fabricating Wilderness

Explore a new book on the history of NHM’s habitat dioramas on sale this September
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Hawks Are Everywhere!

Red-tailed Hawks Nesting at the Coliseum
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Revitalizing Native Foods

Heidi Lucero | Chia Café Collective
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Oaxaca Unwrapped: A Journey Through Chocolate

Bricia, Paulina, and Fernando Lopez | Guelaguetza Restaurant
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Edelweiss Chocolates: Decades of Desserts

Danny Zahirpour | Edelweiss Chocolates
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What kind of giant sloth is Sid from the Ice Age movies?

Our paleontologists get to the bottom of Sid the giant sloth’s species
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