Although the La Brea Tar Pits are short on dinosaur fossils, they’re chock full of fossils from legendary Ice Age animals. The two most commonly found large mammals?

The La Brea Tar Pits were recognized as one of the world's First 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites for their stunning Ice Age fossil record.

The La Brea Tar Pits – home to more than 3.5 million Ice Age fossils – is one of the planet’s best-kept records of what it was like in the area we now know as Southern California over the ...

In case you missed it, Bindi Irwin and her family moved to Los Angeles — and they are living it up in La La Land! Their first ...

Dr. Hugo Schmökel works in the collections area at the La Brea Tar Pits on Aug. 17, 2023, in Los Angeles, Calif. The museum and park holds the world’s largest collection of Pleistocene fossils ...

8 teens on La Brea Tar Pits trip hospitalized after ingesting ‘cannabis edibles,’ Fire Dept. says Eight young people were taken to the hospital Tuesday from the La Brea Tar Pits.

By studying the flies in the La Brea Tar Pits, researchers are beginning to understand how their maggots are able to survive in this environment. “They have multiple tricks,” says Hauser.

La_Brea_Tar_PitsJust two of 15 wild geese found trapped in Los Angeles tar pits have survived After a flock of 15 wild Canada geese mistakenly landed in the Los Angeles Tar Pit’s hot and sticky ...

Two Canada geese, the only survivors of a flock of about 15 that landed in the La Brea Tar Pits in late July, are recovering from serious burns. The geese, one of the local urban flocks ...

One of the flock of Canada Geese, that mistakenly landed in the sticky goo at La Brea Tar Pits, suffering serious injuries and deaths on July 31st is now on the mend. Of the 7 geese transported to ...

As the La Brea Tar Pits & Museum undergoes a major redesign, its leaders hope it can do more to engage the public and educate visitors about the realities of climate change.

In a birds-eye view, the Lake Pit at La Brea Tar Pits appears to be a refreshing body of water in the middle of the developed Los Angeles cityscape. But it became a death trap for a flock of 15 ...