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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The lake pit in front of the La Brea Tar Pits Museum is left over from asphalt mining that took place in the nineteenth century.

The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of natural asphalt pools in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the middle of the nation’s second-largest city, millions of fossils of animals that were ...

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 ...

The La Brea Tar Pits. Photo via Flickr. It may look like nothing more than a big oil slick or a river of mud but La Brea Tar Pits have been selected as one of the most important geological heritage ...

A general exterior view of the La Brea Tar Pits is seen in Los Angeles Credit: (Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty Images) A flock of 15 wild Canadian geese mistakenly landed in the bubbling goo at La ...

LOS ANGELES — Razing, redesigning or overhauling the La Brea Tar Pits were the three ideas being pitched Tuesday by separate architecture firms and each has an idea for what to do with the iconic ...

ZUMAIA, Spain — On a recent fall day, a dragonfly came to rest in Hancock Park, most likely searching for a place to lay her eggs. She landed on a slick of accumulated rainwater no more than a few ...

The lake pit in front of the La Brea Tar Pits Museum is left over from asphalt mining that took place in the nineteenth century. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Last year, we began inviting readers ...

Last year, we began inviting readers to send us their pressing questions about Los Angeles and California. Every few weeks, we put the questions to a vote, asking readers to decide which question they ...