The La Brea Tar Pits turned back the clock with a 1970s-themed farewell party celebrating the nearly 50-year-old museum ...

The iconic LA museum and active research site is closing for two years. Last chance to visit is Monday, July 6.

One of Los Angeles’ most recognizable museums is about to shut its doors for years — not before inviting guests in for one ...

A massive renovation will highlight new science in an L.A. institution ...

It’s time to say smell you later to L.A.’s favorite sticky situation. For the first time in nearly 50 years, the iconic La ...

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 ...

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 murky sludge in the middle of modern Los Angeles trapped and made fossils out of thousands of creatures, as small as bees and as big as mammoths. More than 3.5 million fossils have been discovered ...

Concerns about climate change and its impact on the world around us are growing daily. New scientific studies at the La Brea Tar Pits are probing the link between climate warming and the evolution of ...