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 ...

After the paleontologists at La Brea have convinced you they aren’t robots, they’ll be quick to clear up another misconception: They don’t dig up dinosaurs ... at the site have also ...

The La Brea Tar Pits is an active fossil dig site, where plants and animals from the last 50,000 years are discovered every day. In the outdoor space, excavators carve fossils out of the asphalt; ...

Any event in, around, near, above, or next to the La Brea Tar Pits ... feel wonderfully warranted when it comes to the Ice Age dig site, a bone-laden fossil-topia located in the middle of our ...

The La Brea Tar Pits — home to more than 3.5 million ... It’s also the world’s only active urban fossil dig site. Fossils found in the asphalt help paint the picture of the life that once ...

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 ...

At least one person died after a shooting at a Los Angeles County high school on Saturday morning, authorities confirmed. KTLA's John Fenoglio speaks with witnesses at the scene. Details ...

La Brea Tar Pits has been identified by IUGS as the richest Pleistocene — Ice Age — fossil site on earth, and as the key paleontological site that has shaped the understanding of this period ...

A methane gas bubble breaks the surface of a pool of asphalt at the La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park. The tar pits were recognized as one of the world's First 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites ...

La Brea Tar Pits is reportedly the richest Pleistocene ("Ice Age") fossil site on Earth, according to IUGS. "Beloved by Angelenos and known for capturing the imagination and inspiring pop culture ...

At the site known today as the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum ... they’ll be quick to clear up another misconception: They don’t ...