Stories

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

A hummingbird at rest on a branch next to orange flowers

Nature in L.A.

Celebrate Nature With Us!

Take the City Nature Challenge and meet the person who started it all!

jurassic world feature image steven ray morris story

Five Sources For Digging Deep Into Dinosaurs Under Quarantine

Look no further for the best dinosaur content currently on the web and your TV screens.

Casting a Net in Costa Rica

Research and Collections

Netting Specimens in Costa Rica

Not your average kind of fishing trip

Pollinator Meadow in the Nature Gardens Spring

Our Pollinator Meadow
Springs into Bloom

Take a Virtual Tour of Our Nature Gardens

Close up of lizard on hand

Lizard Scavenger Hunt

How many can you find?

Great white shark

Naturalist

Big Ocean Animal Alert

When one species declines or disappears, an entire ecosystem could be at risk of profound transformation or collapse.

pond and waterfall in nature gardens

Turn your love of nature into a traditional Japanese haiku.

Clear glass drug bottle from turn of the century

Message From A Bottle

Finds from Exposition Park excavations reveal past lives.

Crash McCreery holding dinosaur fossil

#MindBlownLA NHM Creatures and Mark “Crash” McCreery

When creating creatures is your life, what do you look to for inspiration?

Ben-Hur costume in Becoming Los Angeles

A Shield at Hart

A piece of history linked to a blockbuster movie