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

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Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Nature Detectives

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Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Nature Detectives

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Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Nature Detectives

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Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Nature Detectives

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Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Nature Detectives

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Rectangular stone with Maya glyph depicting a man holding a cacao plant. Campeche, Mexico. AD 600-900.

A Virtual Chocolate-y Tour of the Collections

Explore the collections of the Natural History Museum through the lens of chocolate!

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Year of the Dragon

Celebrate the 2024 Lunar New Year with highlights from the collection

Ceacilian in a jar held by Neftali Camacho

The Giant Monsters of Herpetology Tour

A look at some of the reptile and amphibian specimens that have inspired some of film and television’s biggest, baddest monsters with Herpetology Collections Manager Neftali Camacho.

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!

UNLAB Mentees 2023 Group

How Our Museum Grows

A unique and transformative museum mentorship program about biodiversity begins

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Helping RASCals

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Identifying RASCals

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Finding and Photographing RASCals

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western fence lizard dorsal view

The Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern California (RASCals) community science project is a partnership between the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the San Diego Natural History Museum.

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