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What Happened When We Dug a GIANT GREEN Dinosaur!
Discover all the stories from the field from the scientists and researchers that unearthed Gnatalie.
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California Wolves Discussion at NHM
Discover more about California wolves in this engaging panel discussion with guest speakers Axel Hunnicutt, Kaggie Orrick, Kirk Wilbur, and moderator Ronan Donovan.
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Gnatalie the NEW Green Dino at NHM Commons
Watch as Gnatalie assembles in its new home
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Discover More at NHM Commons
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles welcomes you to explore NHM Commons, the Museum’s newly-opened wing and community hub in Exposition Park.
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Research and Collections
Collections Staff Help Ammonites Come Out of Their Shells
Uncovering how digitization and collections management made a groundbreaking extinction study come to life
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A New Landscape
The Community Plaza of NHM Commons is a gathering place that has been imagined with pride and purpose. 
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Collective Knowledge from Our Changing World
From evolutionary history to our conservation future, explore the power and majesty of museum collections through the lens of famed NatGeo photographer Craig Cutler
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Dino Fest Discussion
Gnatalie the Green Dinosaur: From Ground to Mount
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Dino Fest Discussion
Jurassic Giants: The Largest Organisms on the Morrison Formation Floodplain and the Sauropods That Ate Them
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Meet LA's Gnewest Star: Gnatalie the Green Dino
NHM Commons—the Museum’s new wing and community hub—will welcome visitors this fall with, among other wonders, the newest and biggest fossil Angeleno: Gnatalie.
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