Stories
Welcome to Stories, a place to explore—and be inspired by—the wonder of our natural and cultural worlds.
From the David Attenborough of Queens to the First-ever Curator of Community Science, Meet Dr. Christine Wilkinson
Explore some of the common misconceptions about coyotes with our new Curator of Community Science
Uncovering L.A.'s Ice Age Past
Take a dip into the science of the tar pits in this video, a rare look under the surface at the fossilized bones of Ice Age predators, from dire wolves to mighty mammoths.
Life at the Human Scale
Explore how human health, identity, and biology are shaped by the unseen life we rely on every day
Dr. Celestian's Favorite Minerals
See the dazzling mineral specimens on display in NHM's newest exhibition
One Tropical Bird's History Through the Lens of Lice
NHM's new Ornithology Collections Manager, Juliana Soto-Patiño, discovers the evolutionary origins of the mysterious Sapayoa aenigma through its parasitic louse
The SNERCH for True Love: A Sinistral Snail Tale
This Snail Search season, be on the lookout for snails with counter-clockwise shells
