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Stories

Pregnant Plesiosaur specimen in Dinosaur Hall

Mind-Blown Science: Dr. Luis Chiappe and NHM's Extraordinary Plesiosaur

Dr. Luis Chiappe, Director of our Dinosaur Institute, explains why this giant marine reptile blows his mind.

Mind-Blown Science: Dr. Luis Chiappe and NHM's T. rex Trio

Dr. Luis Chiappe, Director of NHM's Dinosaur Institute, explains why NHM’s spectacular T. rex growth series blows his mind.

mammoth exhibit tar pits mammoths and mastodons

Meet Hayden, the Metro Mammoth

A juvenile mammoth that was discovered during a dig for the new Metro

Woolly Rhino Fossil with Xiaoming Wang

Our researchers make exciting discoveries all over the world

Oculudentavis, tiny dinosaur trapped in amber

A Tiny Dinosaur and a Big Discovery

An international team, including NHM scientists, discovered the smallest dinosaur ever found, almost perfectly preserved

Sloths Make a Splash

La Brea Tar Pits Assistant Curator Emily Lindsey and a team of researchers found a treasure trove of giant ground sloth specimens

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Scientists hiking a mountainous trail to a cave in the distance.

Gypsum Cave

The holotype skeleton of the extinct aquatic herbivore Neoparadoxia cecilialina from the Monterey Formation of Orange County.

Vertebrate Paleontology

Vertebrate Paleontology is the study of ancient animals that have a vertebral column including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

Project Paleo

Do you want to be a paleontologist? Do you want to be a curator of natural history collections? Project Paleo is your opportunity to work with fossils and contribute to the curation of Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County's collections.