Stories

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

Turkey Vulture in Palm Tree
Research and Collections
Something Winged This Way Comes
Our spookiest month brings one of our most maligned birds
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Gray Wolf Skull
Research and Collections
Noggins for Noshing?
Animal diets, skull shapes and the limits of convergent evolution
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white storks
Research and Collections
Armenia's White Storks
Nest Neighbors Bring Good Fortune Across the Globe
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Bison Teeth 3D Model Close Up for Header Image
Research and Collections
Sample Tar Pits' Paleo Diets
Gnawing questions answered with fossilized teeth
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Crimson-backed Tanager RadRat Dario iNaturalist
Research and Collections
Fake It 'Til You Make It
How tropical tanagers cheat their way to flashier feathers and hopefully more mates
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Hummingbird, tree, photography
Research and Collections
Three Horned Larks, Two Spotted Doves and a Seasonal Community Science Tradition
The history and value of North America’s longest running community science project: the Christmas Bird Count
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Male walruses relaxing
Research and Collections
Walruses: On the Tusk of Greatness
With the discovery of the oldest tusked walrus yet, NHM scientists are getting to the root of the walrus’ long tooth.
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