Stories
Welcome to Stories, a place to explore—and be inspired by—the wonder of our natural and cultural worlds.
Behind the Scenes With The Flesh-Eating Beetles Preparing Museum Specimens
Meet the smallest and possibly most gruesome members of NHM's collection staff: flesh-eating Dermestid beetles. CONTENT WARNING: Specimen preparation is metal. There are a lot of images of dead animals in different states of decay and preparation below.
Creepy, Crawly, Courtship
It’s a spider lover's favorite time of year—tarantula mating season!
Digitized Mammals
How the new digitization project Ranges is unlocking the potential of NHM's Mammalogy Collection
A Northern White Rhino Skeleton From the San Diego Zoo Comes to NHM
The new specimen highlights the crucial relationship zoos play in ensuring rare and endangered species are represented in museum collections.