Planning a trip to the La Brea Tar Pits? The museum is closing soon for a massive two-year renovation. See the fossils before ...

Two years, give or take, is a considerable time to wait, but let's be honest: This relatively brief span of time is nothing ...

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 entire ...

The La Brea Tar Pits' Page Museum will close in July for a two-year renovation that will modernize the building and make it ...

An overhaul of the La Brea Tar  Pits and Page Museum is officially moving forward, marking one of Los Angeles’ most ...

Michael Christopher Brown Unusually for a major tourist attraction, the phrase “death trap” features prominently in the ...

The Ice Age fossil site will undergo a huge makeover in time for the LA28 Olympics.

While the days of dire wolves and saber-toothed cats have long since passed, a new study is emerging from the sticky tar of Los Angeles, Calif.—one that is beginning to echo today's issues. This study ...

Summertime isn't that long in the tooth — we're only halfway through July — but the season is fleeting and we want to do something amazing, uplifting, and, oh yes, free. Stream Los Angeles News for ...

Less than half a mile from the La Brea Tar Pits, a block of L.A. residents has been caught in a sticky situation. Puddles of oozing tar have been showing up over the last week, mucking up car tires ...

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LOS ANGELES — Only two of a flock of 15 wild Canada geese that landed and became trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles in late July have survived after they were rescued and cleaned off. Los ...