Stories

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

Mind-Blown Science: Dr. Luis Chiappe and NHM's T. rex Trio

Dr. Luis Chiappe, Director of NHM's Dinosaur Institute, explains why NHM’s spectacular T. rex growth series blows his mind.

Meet Hayden, the Metro Mammoth

A juvenile mammoth that was discovered during a dig for the new Metro

How to Grow a T. rex

How a T. rex growth series came to be

Mind-Blown Science: The Ant-decapitating Fly

Violence in the insect world: a new type of ant decapitation

Woolly Rhino Fossil with Xiaoming Wang

Our researchers make exciting discoveries all over the world

The Stories Behind LA's Street Names

The Hidden History of The Streets of L.A.

Bats over Los Angeles with Miguel Ordeñana

NHM's Curiosity Show chats with Community Science Manager and Wildlife Biologist Miguel Ordenana and learn all about L.A.'s urban bats.

A Tiny Dinosaur and a Big Discovery

An international team, including NHM scientists, discovered the smallest dinosaur ever found, almost perfectly preserved