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"Most of the world's mammals were described in Darwin's time. But I can go somewhere today and see things that no one else has seen before or identified, doing all kinds of bizarre things."
—Dr. Brian Brown, Entomology Curator, pictured here in Argentina, studying bee-killing flies who attack their hosts on palm flowers.
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ALPHABETICAL BY AREA OF EXPERTISE
| Subject | Staff |
| African mammals (elephants, rhinos, pigs,hippos, giraffes, antelopes) |
John Harris |
| Amazon, geology and paleontology | Kenneth Campbell |
| Bats | Jim Dines |
| Biodiversity | Brian Brown, Gordon Hendler, John Long, Jody Martin, Dean Pentcheff |
| Biostratigraphy, Asia and North America | Xiaoming Wang |
| Biological illustration | Rick Feeney, Jody Martin |
| Birds | Kimball Garrett |
| Birds, fossil | Kenneth Campbell |
| Bird, dinosaur link | Luis Chiappe |
| Bird watching | Kimball Garrett |
| Cars | Beth Werling |
| China, paleontology | Luis Chiappe, Xiaoming Wang |
| Collection database technologies | Chris Coleman, Rick Feeney, KT Hajeian, Samuel McLeod, Regina Wetzer |
| Collection management | Regina Wetzer |
| Conservation, environmental | John Long, Jody Martin |
| Conservation of artifacts | Tania Collas |
| Coral reefs | Gordon Hendler, Jody Martin, Christine Thacker |
| Crabs, lobsters, shrimps | Jody Martin |
| Crustacea | Jody Martin, Dean Pentcheff, Regina Wetzer |
| Deep sea biology | Gordon Hendler, Jody Martin |
| Diamonds | Eloise Gaillou |
| Dinosaurs | Luis Chiappe, John Long |
| Early man | John Harris |
| Echinoderms (sea stars, urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, feather stars, brittle stars, basket stars) |
Gordon Hendler |
| El Pueblo de Los Angeles | William Estrada |
| Environmental impact fossil protection | Lawrence Barnes, Samuel McLeod |
| Evolution, early human | John Harris |
| Evolution/creationism controversy | Kirk Fitzhugh, Jody Martin, Dean Pentcheff |
| Fan worms | Kirk Fitzhugh |
| Film memorabilia | Beth Werling |
| Fishes | Rick Feeney, Christine Thacker |
| Fossil bats | Samuel McLeod |
| Fossil birds | Kenneth Campbell, Luis Chiappe |
| Fossil carnivorans (dogs, cats, bears, weasels, hyenas, etc) |
Xiaoming Wang |
| Fossil fishes | John Long |
| Fossil invertebrates (clams, snails, corals) |
Mary Stecheson |
| Fossils, marine vertebrates | Lawrence Barnes, Samuel McLeod |
| Fossil whales | Lawrence Barnes, Samuel McLeod |
| Geology | Lindsey Groves |
| Gems | Eloise Gaillou, Anthony Kampf |
| Government records, historic Los Angeles County | John Cahoon, Betty Uyeda |
| Herpetology | Rick Feeney, Greg Pauly |
| Ice Age | John Harris |
| Ichthyology | Rick Feeney, Christine Thacker |
| Invertebrate biology | Jody Martin, Gordon Hendler, Kirk Fitzhugh, Regina Wetzer |
| Jellyfish | Jody Martin |
| La Brea Tar Pits | John Harris |
| La Brea Tar Pits, birds | Kenneth Campbell |
| Los Angeles, history of | William Estrada, Betty Uyeda |
| Mammals | Jim Dines |
| Maps, (historic) of Southern California | John Cahoon, Betty Uyeda |
| Marine invertebrates | Jody Martin, Gordon Hendler, Kirk Fitzhugh, Regina Wetzer |
| Marine vertebrates | Lawrence Barnes |
| Marine biology | Jody Martin, Gordon Hendler, Kirk Fitzhugh, Christine Thacker, Regina Wetzer |
| Marine mammals | Lawrence Barnes, Jim Dines |
| Marine mammals, stranded | Jim Dines |
| Mesozoic tetrapods | Luis Chiappe |
| Minerals | Alyssa Morgan, Eloise Gaillou |
| Molecular systematics, genetics | Chris Thacker, Regina Wetzer |
| Mollusks | Lindsey Groves |
| Motion picture industry | Beth Werling |
| Museum archives | Cathy McNassor |
| Native American cultures | Margaret Hardin |
| Ocean health | Jody Martin, Gordon Hendler |
| Opals | Eloise Gaillou |
| Polychaetes | Kirk Fitzhugh, Leslie Harris, Kathy Omura |
| Philosophy of science | Kirk Fitzhugh |
| Photographs, historic | John Cahoon, Betty Uyeda |
| Reef fishes | Christine Thacker |
| Reptiles | Neftali Camacho, Rick Feeney, Greg Pauly |
| Sharks | Rick Feeney |
| SCUBA | Gordon Hendler, Christine Thacker, Regina Wetzer |
| Snorkeling | Rick Feeney, Leslie Harris |
| Southern California, history | John Cahoon, William Estrada, Brent Riggs, Betty Uyeda |
| Southern California, natural history | Lindsey Groves, Kimball Garrett, Gordon Hendler |
| Spiders | Brian Brown |
| Streets of Los Angeles, history | Betty Uyeda |
| Tar Pits | John Harris |
| Tibet, geology and paleoenviroments | Xiaoming Wang |
| Turtles and toads | Greg Pauly |
| Urban ecology | Brian Brown, Kimball Garrett |
| Wet lab collections | Rick Feeney, Leslie Harris, Kathy Omura |
| Whales | Lawrence Barnes, Jim Dines |
| Worms | Kirk Fitzhugh, Leslie Harris |
| Zuni fetishes | Margaret Hardin |