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Climate Change

Exhibitions

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Spiky, Hairy, Shiny: Insects of L.A.

Meet your tiny neighbors!

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Sample Tar Pits' Paleo Diets

Gnawing questions answered with fossilized teeth

Two males biting the head and neck region of a female Southern Alligator Lizard

Climate Change, Reptiles, and You!

Animals are already reacting to climate change

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There's Climate History at the Bottom of the Ocean

Looking at ocean sediments reveals how Earth has changed over time.

Los Angeles River

Remembering the First Earth Day

“It was just a real beginning of the environmental movement.”

Amy Gusick doing field research in Micronesia

Humans On The Move

Dr. Amy Gusick, NHM’s Associate Curator of Anthropology, looks for answers in her archaeological studies of how people responded to environmental fluctuations

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Our Changing Planet

Whether through fossil digs, bug hunts, or ocean dives, NHMLAC is uniquely situated to gather, study, and share new knowledge about our changing environment.