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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
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T. rex skull in Dinosaur Hall
How to Grow a T. rex
How a T. rex growth series came to be
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Ant decapitating fly up-close
Research and Collections
Mind-Blown Science: The Ant-decapitating Fly
Violence in the insect world: a new type of ant decapitation
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Woolly Rhino in the snow.
Research and Collections
Woolly Rhino Fossil with Xiaoming Wang
Our researchers make exciting discoveries all over the world
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map of hollywood
The Stories Behind LA's Street Names
The Hidden History of The Streets of L.A.
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Western yellow bat (Lasiurus xanthinus)
Nature in L.A.
Bats over Los Angeles with Miguel Ordeñana
NHM's Curiosity Show chats with Community Science Manager and Wildlife Biologist Miguel Ordenana and learn all about L.A.'s urban bats.
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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
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Bill Deverell, Director at Huntington-USC, in front of The Star in Becoming Los Angeles
Research and Collections
#MindBlownLA Bill Deverell and NHM's Shining Star
Director at Huntington-USC, shares how the history of an iconic star blows his mind.
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Micheline Pitt in front of the Three Muses in NHM's Rotunda
Naturalist
#MindBlownLA NHM’s Three Muses and Micheline Pitt
Fashion Designer and Filmmaker shares how the rotunda’s history blows her mind.
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