The NHM Curiosity Show takes another look at Los Angeles – 15 million years in the past, all the way back to the Miocene. Back then Los Angeles was underwater, and in this episode, we visit the museum’s Age of Mammals exhibit and meet the marine mammals of prehistoric Southern California. Our curator of marine … Read more
The NHM Curiosity Show continues exploring science in Los Angeles. This month, we visit the La Brea Tar Pits to learn about Ice Age mammals and the creatures that roamed L.A. thousands of years before our city was built. We’ll explore how the fossils are excavated, and see the vast holdings of the Tar Pits, … Read more
The BioSCAN Project, RASCals (Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern California), SLIME (Snails and slugs Living in Metropolitan Environments), and the Southern California Squirrel Survey have all joined forces to study urban biodiversity in a HUGE way! Interested? E-mail unrc@nhm.orgwith your name and address and ask to be put on our email list to be informed … Read more