Weekend: Summer Nights at the Tar Pits The free outdoor event will shimmer with science talks, DJ tunes, and saber-toothed to-dos. By Alysia Gray Painter • Published August 4, 2022 • Updated ...

The Tar Pits have remains from at least seven different mountain lions, while its saber-toothed cats number somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000. Business. For Subscribers.

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 ...

The Tar Pits have remains from at least seven different mountain lions, while its saber-toothed cats number somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000. And it’s not only mountain lions missing from the ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

“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 ...