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Reptiles

Exhibitions

Nature Lab

Live animals and hands-on interactives show you L.A.’s wild side.

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Stories

#MuseumLikeMe: Lizard Moves

Cold-blooded moves for hot summer days

Oculudentavis, tiny dinosaur trapped in amber

The Hummingbird-Sized Dinosaur Story

A tale of how science works

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

Tallulah the Solomon Island Skink with her tongue out

Chill Out With Tallulah the Skink

Her friends call her Lulu

A black phoebe bird perces on a Covid-19 Closure Notice sign.

Nature Comes Home

The results are in! A record number of people participated in City Nature Challenge 2020, mostly exploring in or near their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Meet Our Museum Animals

What the Vertebrate Living Collections team has been up to during the museum's temporary closure, including telemedicine and museum walk-abouts.

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Herpetology

The Museum's collection of amphibians and reptiles contains approximately 190,000 catalogued specimens from around the globe.

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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Resources

GeckoWatch

GeckoWatch is a community science project to map the fine-scale distribution of nonnative geckos in the United States.