For instance, one 2017 study of beetle fossils in the tar pits suggests that the climate of Southern California has been relatively stable over the past 50,000 years. Yes, LA has had great weather ...

Cultural institutions across Southern California are reaching out to those impacted by the fires, including the families and children who have faced displacement, school closures, and the loss of ...

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 ...

Paleoecologist Emily Lindsey on the wildfires that led to mass extinction during California’s Ice Age. Listen to The ...

In light of the ongoing wildfires, LACMA, the Natural History Museum and the La Brea Tar Pits are opening their ... free admission to its “Southern California neighbors who've been displaced ...

Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. La Brea Tar Pits $25 $500+ ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Excavators at the La Brea Tar Pits work almost every day to pull fossils out of the ground, clean, and prepare them for further research. With 4 million specimens ...

Did you know that people can discover fossils in a major city? Head to the La Brea Tar Pits to see an active dig site in the heart of Los Angeles. The tar pits were formed thousands of years ago ...