This exhibition is temporarily closed during construction. It will reopen in early to mid-November. Learn more here.
We’ve looked into our research collections and brought out some of our coolest skulls. Rarely on display, the skulls featured are research specimens of animals from around the world—mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, ranging from the big and spectacular (a rhinoceros, a big-horned sheep, a giraffe) to the miniature (California’s own tiny Western Black-headed Snake).
Compare the skulls of all 57 species of San Diego County’s snakes and lizards. Watch scavenger beetles devour the flesh off a real animal skeleton, leaving it clean for scientists to study. Learn about the different bones in skulls, and see how they're different from each other.
Skulls features the best of what The Nat has to offer—real specimens, real science, and nature’s diversity in all its stunning variety.