Read full article: Preserving the unique history of the La Brea Tar Pits LOS ANGELES - Black gooey methane bubbles pop on the surface of the Lake Pit outside the La Brea Museum in Los Angeles.

or part of an art exhibit, or robots.” The only dinosaurs found at the La Brea Tar Pits are birds. After the paleontologists at La Brea have convinced you they aren’t robots, they’ll be ...

The Ice Age tar pits of Los Angeles are getting a fresh new design These bubbling pools of crude oil have existed for millions of years. Now, a new site plan aims to give them the attention they ...

Visit the website to learn more. La Brea Tar Pits sits next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Full-Day Iconic Sights of LA, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Beaches and More (5285 reviews) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Next door to the La Brea Tar Pits sits the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the linchpin of the Los Angeles museum district. Since its 1965 opening, LACMA has showcased thousands of pieces ...

But when a murder enquiry began, he faced a new and quite dangerous challenge: retrieving evidence from the La Brea tar pits. These are pre-historic pits of bubbling tar right in the heart of the ...

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 ...

Dr. O'Keefe and Dr. Meachen used over 200 La Brea fossils in their research. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Gayle Anderson reports on how new research between paleontologists at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Robert Klapper at Cedars-Sinai could enhance patient care.