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Welcome to Stories, a place to explore—and be inspired by—the wonder of our natural and cultural worlds.

view from inside the apartment, looking out the window into downtown

Nature in L.A.

Charming Indeed

Finding a hummingbird habitat in Downtown Los Angeles.

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Helen's first backpacking trip, before she knew cotton was a bad idea!

Nature in L.A.

Voices of L.A. Nature: Interview with Helen Leung

Welcome to our new series, Voices of L.A. Nature, where we'll hear stories from a diverse range of Angelenos about their relationships with nature in L.A.

Our L.A. Summer

Summer is on and we’re here to be your gallery guides, field guides, and your partners in nature and culture discovery all around town!

Paleo Play Zone

There’s something new to see in the Discovery Center!

Spiders in the House

Awe-inspiring or awfully scary? NHM’s arachnid educators are standing by in our seasonal exhibit, the Spider Pavilion, ready to unspool the truths about these web spinners with tangled reputations.

Old Catfish Looking for a Date

A golden opportunity to discover the age of an archaeological artifact.

A painting of a woman with scenes of L.A. woven in her hair

Naturalist

A Mural Remembers L.A.

Chicana Artist Barbara Carrasco’s mural, L.A. History: A Mexican Perspective, is now on view in the new Welcome Center of NHM Commons.

Black Rats, Brown Rats, and the Plague

I've been spending a lot of time thinking about rats. Thankfully, it is not because I have a problem in my apartment!

Common Rough Woodlouse, Porcellio scaber

Nature in L.A.

Nature Gardens Pill Bugs

I always knew we'd find pill bugs in the Nature Gardens, but until recently I didn't know what species, or that they'd have such an interesting story.

Nature in L.A.

Voices of L.A. Nature: An Interview with Telma Altoon

Welcome to our new series, Voices of L.A. Nature, where we'll hear stories from a diverse range of Angelenos about their relationships with nature in L.A.

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