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A rare opportunity to get up close with hundreds of species of birds

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Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal

Tours & Shows All Ages

3 pm

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26

Apr

Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal

Tours & Shows All Ages

3 pm

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Sat

27

Apr

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Nature Gardens Exploration

Tours & Shows All Ages

11 am

Drop by the Nature Gardens to explore the wildlife that calls LA home. Topics vary daily.

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Sat

27

Apr

Children and adult meeting a desert tortoise

Meet a Live Animal

Tours & Shows All Ages

3 pm

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Sun

28

Apr

Little boy in hat crouches on a low rock ledge and looks into the nature gardens pond

Nature Gardens Exploration

Tours & Shows All Ages

11 am

Drop by the Nature Gardens to explore the wildlife that calls LA home. Topics vary daily.

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Stories

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Year of the Dragon

Celebrate the 2024 Lunar New Year with highlights from the collection

Blue-grey gnatcatcher on Laurel Sumac from the Irwindale burn area

Ash and Green Shoots

Wildfires can leave scars on our psyches and the landscape. Community Science Program Manager Sam Tayag discusses finding solace in witnessing nature’s recovery.

Elephant Hill Portrait

Elephant Hill Community Nature Celebration and Habitat Survey

Join community members and scientists, Saturday, October 14, to celebrate and study nature on Elephant Hill, an open space in North East L.A. valuable to humans and wildlife.

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Welcome to the 2023 LA BioBlitz Challenge

Help discover the incredible biodiversity all over Los Angeles!

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Wildfire Smoke and Birds

A Q&A with Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot, Director of Project Phoenix

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Nature Gardens Turn 10

A look back—and forward–at all the nature thriving in NHM’s Nature Gardens.

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While NHM is not currently working on these projects, they have influenced our current community science projects.

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Community Science

Community science (sometimes called citizen science) mobilizes volunteers to work alongside scientists to help answer questions about the world.

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