Smaller Gorgonian Coral: Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?
The sea whip may look like a plant, but like most animals, it has nerves and muscle cells.
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Columbian Mammoth: A Fossil With a Rap Sheet
This ancient footprint cast did jail time — it was discovered at the Carson City prison in Nevada!
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Age of Mammals
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Ancient Bison Skull: She's a Lady
Her horns tell us she's a female — they're more slender than her boyfriend's, with whom she's displayed.
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Age of Mammals
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Pink Flowering Currant 3
But you'll have to compete with mockingbirds and cedar waxwings for the edible, blue-black berries.
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California Lilac 2: Hold the Water
This blue-flowered survivor is as pretty as she is tough—she can weather drought and grow to 15 feet.
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Coast Live Oak Tree 3: Give Me Shelter
Early Native Americans used acorns from this long-lived tree for food and its canopy as a sun block.
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Island Bush Snapdragon 1: A Big Talker
A visitor from the Channel Islands, its lipstick-red, dragon-like mouth is a magnet for hummingbirds.
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Nova Agave 6: Living Sculpture
Protected by leathery leaves and spines, this plant also has a delicate side—a gorgeous six-foot flower spike.
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Shasta Ground Sloth: Right Lower Jaw
This big guy ate light — he liked grasses and leaves that grew where Wilshire Boulevard is today!
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Age of Mammals
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California Buckwheat: A Nature Triple Threat
This California native has the whole package: flowers, butterfly nectar, and cover for birds and mammals.
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Laurel Sumac: Hot Taco Tree
The taco shell-shaped leaves are highly flammable, but its cousin, Poison Oak, has the worst reputation.
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Sauropod Foot Print: Big Shoes to Fill
This track belonged to a mighty sauropod, the largest group of dinosaurs. It's approximate 125 million years old.
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Dinosaur Hall
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Short-Faced Bear Molar: Be an Ice Age Tooth Fairy
This huge bear chewed his way through the Los Angeles basin 45,000 to 11,500 years ago.
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Age of Mammals
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Triceratops Metacarpel: You're So Handy
The hearty Triceratops is one of the last large dinosaurs to go extinct, about 65 million years ago.
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Dinosaur Hall
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Gold Feather: A Plume in your Cap
Priests and rulers may have sported this ancient Peruvian bling for ceremonies and special occasions.
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Yvonne Bogdanovich
Pio Pico's Rosary: Mexican Era Heirloom
This rosary belonged to the last governor of Mexican California.
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Becoming Los Angeles
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Barbara Sanchez and Kaz Nimori
"In memory of Brian X. Hodge and our sun-filled days catching lizards at Pico's Ranchito."
Triceratops Nasal Horn
This nubby horn sat prominently on the nose of a young Triceratops. It dates back 67-65 million years.
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Platypus Egg: Unscrambling a Mystery
This little egg packs a lot of questions. Many aspects of the breeding biology of platypuses remain unstudied.
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Gloria Tapanes
White Alder Tree 2: A Forest in the City
Tall and leaf-heavy, this is an equal opportunity shade-giver in the forest, the suburbs, and the city.
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Large Gorgonian Coral: Whip It Good
Commonly referred to as a sea whip, this marine organism is an animal—or more accurately—a colony of animals.
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Moa Femur 3: Showing Some Leg
Moa—extinct, flightless birds from New Zealand—are unique in that they show no trace of any wing bones.
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St. Catherine's Lace 4: Oh Holy Bush
The large, white flowery bush inspires wedding dresses, tablecloths, and doilies.
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