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

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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Still shot of Micheline Pitt in the Natural History of Horror exhibition at NHM
Naturalist

#MindBlownLA The Science of Scary with Micheline Pitt

Fashion Designer and Filmmaker shares her fascination with the science behind horror films.
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