A methane gas bubble breaks the surface of a pool of asphalt at the La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock Park. The tar pits were recognized as one of the world's First 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites for ...

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 ...

LA PUENTE, Calif. (KABC) -- If you really want to learn about the ancient history of the L.A. area, you visit the La Brea Tar Pits and museum in the mid-city area. Now, students can learn about the ...

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 ...

There’s a gooey time capsule in the heart of Los Angeles, left over from an era when saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, camels, ...

MIRACLE MILE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The La Brea Tar Pits has been selected as one of the first 100 geological heritage sites by the International Union of Geological Sciences. IUGS is one of the world ...

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 ...

Eight young people were taken to the hospital Tuesday from the La Brea Tar Pits. (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times) Eight high school students on a school trip at the La Brea Tar Pits were ...

Two of Los Angeles' great institutions of learning are offering free admission for LAUSD students. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in Exposition Park and La Brea Tar Pits in Hancock ...

Around 300 workers at the iconic SoCal institutions will join AFSCME as part of a voluntary recognition agreement with management. By Katie Kilkenny Labor & Media Reporter Every year, more than one ...