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Biodiversity in L.A. Backyards

A week's worth of spotlighting species (and some ways you can help) in recognition of California's Biodiversity Week, September 7–15, 2024.
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Saber-toothed Cat 101

La Brea Tar Pits presents everything you need to know about saber-toothed cats.
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A Ptango With Pterosaurs

How do the biggest wings the Earth has ever seen stack up to the flying reptiles of fantasy–dragons?
 
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The Malachite Butterfly

Ever wonder what the lime-green-and-brown patterned butterfly is?
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A Mitzvah for L.A.

Doug Weinstein | Diamond Bakery
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Burro-Ing Into the Past

How introduced donkeys and the indigenous pumas that love (to hunt) them are helping to resurrect extinct food webs in Death Valley
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Ali Haider Ali | 786 Degrees
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Nature in L.A.

Drink in Your Summer Garden

The Museum's manager of horticulture, Daniel Feldman, identifies five plants—for your garden and ours—that thrive in summer. 
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L.A. Bats Under the Overpass

Counting the bats roosting along the L.A. River
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