Emily Lindsey, assistant curator at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, told Mental Floss in 2017 that this has led to some confusion on the part of visitors, who “think sometimes the excavators ...

The La Brea Tar Pits are positioned to help solve the mystery of why precisely the giant mammals died out, due to the size and scope of its findings, ...

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 ...

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. Only in Los Angeles ...

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.

Workers at the La Brea Tar Pits and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles have formed a union after a card count. Around 300 workers at the iconic SoCal institutions will join ...

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 f… ...

Tell me more about the Tar Pits’ rebranding effort. The climate scientists and paleoecologists at the La Brea Tar Pits told me that what we’re experiencing right now is part of a long-term trend.

The La Brea Tar Pits is the only active urban fossil dig site and home to the largest collection of Ice Age fossils in the world. Since its opening in 1977, the Tar Pits museum and site has hosted ...

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 landed ...

La Brea Tar Pits has been selected as one of the most important geological heritage sites by the International Union of Geological Sciences, an organization representing over 1 million ...

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 settlers with sealant ...