Illustration of aquatic sloths chilling by the beach next to some penguins and sea lions during a sun set
Dive Into the Weird Miocene World of Aquatic Sloths
A new paper by an international team of researchers, including NHM's Curator of Marine Mammals, Dr. Jorge Velez-Juarbe, uncovers more secrets of aquasloths with one of the most complete skeletons ever discovered
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A collage of dinosaurs of various types
A Decade of Discoveries for 10 Years of Dino Fest
To mark 10 years of Dino Fest, we're looking back at 10 of the colossal discoveries by NHM researchers from the Age of Dinosaurs
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A life-like painting of a large lizard lurking over a nest of dinosaur eggs with one already in its mouth
Research and Collections
A Monster “Goblin” at the Feet of Dinosaurs
Meet the newly discovered giant, armored lizard named for the Hobbit’s goblin prince
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Illustration of a long-legged crocodile-looking reptile looks at a mammal carcass on an ancient tropical islands
Research and Collections
How Ancient Crocodile-Like Predators Ruled the Islands of the Caribbean
NHM's scientist discovers that sebicids, ancient land-dwelling crocodile-like beasts, reigned over the West Indies as apex predators after vanishing from South America
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Illustration of ice age bird, the teratorn.
Meet Teratorn, the Largest Bird Found at La Brea Tar Pits
The teratorn was undoubtedly big, but was it a big vulture or something else?
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Juniper seeds
Solving a Juniper Seed Mystery at La Brea Tar Pits
How identifying a mysterious fossil seed reveals Ice Age climate change
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A paleoart rendition of Eupachydiscus sp. by Cullen Townsend.
Research and Collections
Collections Staff Help Ammonites Come Out of Their Shells
Uncovering how digitization and collections management made a groundbreaking extinction study come to life
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Closeup of light green skeleton head with neck and top of torso in the background
Meet LA's Gnewest Star: Gnatalie the Green Dino
NHM Commons—the Museum’s new wing and community hub—will welcome visitors this fall with, among other wonders, the newest and biggest fossil Angeleno: Gnatalie.
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Harlan's ground sloth illustration
Walking With Giant Sloths
Take a (virtual) summer road trip to White Sands National Park to explore the fossilized tracks of giant ground sloths
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Gnatalie bones ready to ship
Wonder Is in Our Bones
How giant fossils expand the dimensions of our imagination
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