Dakota Triceratops Horns New
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Dakota Gets a Makeover
See how our Performing Arts staff refurbished the Museum's life-size Triceratops puppet for her starring role in the all-new Dino Encounters show.
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212 million years ago, in what is now Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, a group of Dromomeron romeri pause for a drink while several pterosaurs, now known to be their close evolutionary relatives, fly overhead. Image by Stephanie Abramowicz, Dinosaur Institute, NHMLAC
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Dig Deeper Into Pterosaurs' Evolutionary Flight Path
NHM paleontologists take a big step in solving the mystery of pterosaurs' natural history
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Bison on the range
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An American Icon, Once Endangered
The natural history and near extinction of the most American of mammals
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western fence lizard dorsal view
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A Lover at Hart
We’d like to introduce you to one of the William S. Hart Museum’s most devoted visitors.
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Los Angeles River
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Remembering the First Earth Day
“It was just a real beginning of the environmental movement.”
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Great white shark
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Big Ocean Animal Alert
When one species declines or disappears, an entire ecosystem could be at risk of profound transformation or collapse. ​​​​​​​
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Assistant Conservator Marina Gibbons
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Sewing for the Gold
Conservators really like weird, unique problems. We’re not happy that something deteriorates, but we’re really fascinated to find out how that's happening.
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Great Auk in NHM's collections
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Auk-Ward
One story goes that, in just half an hour, hundreds of auks were herded onto a single ship
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