Abstract. Species richness is a foundational metric for comparing biodiversity among clades and regions in ecology, evolution, and conservation. As the bio

Adaptive radiations generate remarkable morphological diversity, yet traits often diversify at different rates and modes, producing mosaic patterns of evolution. Modularity, the semiautonomous organization of traits, can shape how selection and ...

The NHM Collections Study Awards provide funding for undergraduate and graduate students to visit and study the collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the La Brea Tar Pits & ...

August was defined by a handful of shark creature feature movies and a video game where I hunted several species of sharks. I wasn't expecting August to be so shark heavy, but there you have it....

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Narwhal tusks are macroscopically helical and chiral. This structure originates from left- and right-handed helices of tusk nanostructural components. The double helix creates a straight, mechanically...

New study finds that the tusks have not one but two spirals, twisting in opposite directions.

Abstract. Insights into ecomorphology are enriched when investigating evolutionary correlations between ecologically and functionally important traits. How

A Los Angeles County fisherman captured video of a rare hammerhead shark sighting from the Malibu Pier Thursday afternoon. Video posted to the social media account @PIERMACKEREL shows the hammerhea…

Coastal development can alter the salinity fluctuations experienced by tidal creek systems. Understanding how resident organisms, such as the Gulf killifish, respond to these changes is critical, as ...

The Exorcist  was a test of faith. Primarily of Father Damian, the conflicted priest at the heart of that stunning 1973 supernatural horror masterpiece.  The Exorcist: Believer is a test of...

The first new extinct toad species and the first description of the Mexican burrowing toad at the Tar Pits help us understand the impacts of climate change on species distributions, past, present,…

A UCLA marmot lab has opened an OnlyFans account called OnlyMarms to raise funding for its research. So far, it's raised about $4,000.

The byline for the shark horror movie Bull Shark is "Everything is bigger in Texas", which doesn't apply to much about the film except how TEXAS the movie is. It's so TEXAS in fact that I'm going to.....

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The IUCN Species Survival Commission has published a Position Statement on the vital role of biological collections in biodiversity conservation: a formal acknowledgement that natural history museums,...

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I have to make an admission. I love shark horror movies. I'm drawn to the brand of horror where people get stranded at sea (or on a lake, or in a river, or trapped in a basement, or wherever) and...

I think by now that we can say that Christopher Nolan is one of the best filmmakers alive today. His ability to craft a blockbuster is second to none, aside from maybe James Cameron. He has a knack...

Unbelievable Adaptations Hidden in the Museum’s Collections

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