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Dinosaurs

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Step Into Our Award-winning Exhibition, and Enter the Age of Dinosaurs

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Watch real scientists prepare fossils every day.

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Homeschool Day

Homeschool Days FamilyYouth

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Homeschoolers and their families receive free Museum admission and special Homeschool Day programming!

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Stories

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Life reconstruction of fire at La Brea Tar Pits during the Pleistocene as bison are stuck during a wildfire

Why Did the Ice Age Titans Go Extinct?

A new study reveals that human impacts in an environment made fire-prone by climate change and herbivore loss led to large mammals vanishing from southern California.

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Jurassic Perks

How Jurassic Park helped spark a boom in new dinosaur discoveries

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A Ptango With Pterosaurs

How do the biggest wings the Earth has ever seen stack up to the flying reptiles of fantasy–dragons?

Dakota in Dino Hall

Step Inside a Dinosaur Puppet!

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the new Dinosaur Encounters.

Dakota triceratops puppet ROARING

Catching Feelings for a Triceratops: How Live Theater in Museums Evokes Empathy in Visitors

When it comes to bringing collections to life and forming empathetic connections with visitors, few tools are as powerful as live theater.

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Tooth Fast, Tooth Curious?

A new study uncovers a novel approach to a plant-based diet, unique to long-necked dinosaurs

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The DIG - November 2022

The DIG - November 2022

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collections manager holding bone in dinosaur institute research and collections

The DIG - September 2021

The DIG - September 2021

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The DIG - December 2020

The DIG - December 2020

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Dinosaur Institute

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