Stories

Welcome to Stories, a place to explore—and be inspired by—the wonder of our natural and cultural worlds.

A Ptango With Pterosaurs

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

The Malachite Butterfly

Ever wonder what the lime-green-and-brown patterned butterfly is?

A Mitzvah for L.A.

Doug Weinstein | Diamond Bakery

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

Pizza Addicts Only

Ali Haider Ali | 786 Degrees

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. 

L.A. Bats Under the Overpass

Counting the bats roosting along the L.A. River

Get Off Your Lawn

Quit cutting grass and start cutting down your water usage with inspiration from our Nature Gardens
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Let's Go Birding!

Join a student-guided avian adventure