Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to ...

This question, posed by Ricky Fulton, was included in one of our latest reader polls: What are the La Brea Tar Pits? Is it a bunch of bubbling tar with dinosaur bones sticking out? You can vote in ...

At the site known today as the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, natural asphalt has bubbled up from below the ground’s surface ...

Scientists have been extracting huge fossils from the La Brea tar pits since 1913. Many of the animals lived during the Ice Age, as far back as 50,000 years ago. The tar pits have preserved an ...

Read full article: Preserving the unique history of the La Brea Tar Pits LOS ANGELES - Black gooey methane bubbles pop on the surface of the Lake Pit outside the La Brea Museum in Los Angeles.

The La Brea Tar Pits’ makeover team is adding new members. Lori Bettison-Varga, the president and director of the National History Museums of Los Angeles County, announced today that the La Brea ...

“We think they were probably ambush predators,” says Emily Lindsey, associate curator and excavation site director at the La Brea Tar Pits museum and paleontology research site. When it ...

Only two of seven geese survived after being rescued from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, the International Bird Rescue said in a news release. On July 31, a flock of 15 Canada geese ...

La Brea Tar Pits NPR's Renee Montagne pays a visit to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, where the a paleontological dig is taking place. The pits once supplied Native Americans and local ...

If your kids go crazy for dinosaurs – and really, what kid doesn't? – then a visit to La Brea Tar Pits is sure to be the highlight of their trip. Although the pits look like the set of a ...