Stories

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

Bat Specimens from the Mammalogy Collection laid back to back with their specimen tags visible

Research and Collections

Digitized Mammals

How the new digitization project Ranges is unlocking the potential of NHM's Mammalogy Collection

Latino woman in a white tank top and black capris standing next to a white lowrider car.

The 10 Theme Dinosaurs of Dino Fest

with paleontologist Nate Smith

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Bridget Altman Paskil at Ghost Ranch New Mexico

More than a rock

Our intrepid colleague's dig diary from her fossil-finding expedition to Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.

Orange and black banner in front of a dinosaur

NHM's Favorite Cinematic Dinos

Watch a video compilation of our top picks for the fiercest, weirdest, and kitschiest dinosaur movies through history. Travel back through their cinematic history from Jurassic Park's T. rex to Arlo, The Good Dinosaur.

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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.

Purple and white swirled shells next to a head and shoulders portrait of Jann Vendetti wearing a brown vest

Violet-colored Sea Snails, Janthina janthina, Wash up on SoCal Beaches

NHM's Jann Vendetti discusses the ocean-dwelling purple colored snails that washed up on Southern California beaches in July 2025.

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Our Dinosaur Librarian

Meet Maureen Walsh, Collections Manager of the Dinosaur Institute, who protects and presides over the Museum’s world-class collection of thousands of specimens spanning the millions of years dinosaurs stomped, darted, and soared around our prehistoric planet

The Fairy Poppy Bee's Dance of Fragility and Resilience

Discover one of the 1600 species of native California bees and the intimate portraits in conservation photographer Krystle Hickman's forthcoming book, The ABCs of California Native Bees