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 ...

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 ...

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 time ...

The tar pits were death traps—but still support life. In 2007, scientists discovered about 200 species of microorganisms ...

“We're not telling the story in a way that really connects [the La Brea Tar Pits] to today,” says Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga, president and director of the Natural History Museums of LA County, which ...

La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, 5801 Wilshire Blvd., is an iconic part of L.A. It is the only actively excavated Ice Age fossil site in an urban location, according to its website .

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 ...

If you want the La Brea Tar Pits mobile museum to visit your school, you can request it here. Registration for the spring 2024 semester opened in October and is expected to fill up quickly.

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 ...