The La Brea Tar Pits is one of the only pale ontological sites on Earth that has preserved an entire ecosystem over time, from plants to camels to bugs. And every new fossil not only helps tell ...

At the site known today as the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, natural asphalt has bubbled up from below the ground’s surface since the Ice Age. This murky sludge has trapped and made fossils out ...

Head to the La Brea Tar Pits to see an active dig ... Anyone can visit the tar pits, learn about the discoveries made there, and watch paleontologists at work finding and studying fossils.

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 cheesy PG movie, hot tar has been bubbling from the earth at this spot along ...

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the La Brea Tar Pits Museum, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are all offering free admission through Jan. 17. "We hope our museums can ...