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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pools of oozing tar have prompted officials to put up signs warning drivers on Masselin Avenue Wednesday in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles. The leakage has been going on for a few days ...

Black gooey methane bubbles pop on the surface of the Lake Pit outside the La Brea Museum in Los Angeles. It's the only warning of the sticky, heavy asphalt on the bottom of the pit. The asphalt seeps ...

Part of a flock of Canada Geese that landed in sticky asphalt at La Brea Tar Pits last month died and others suffered serious injuries, a wildlife rescue group announced Tuesday. International Bird ...

Not many nature walks feature ancient-feeling tar pits that tie back to an area's economic and cultural history. But this ...

Two Canada geese, the only survivors of a flock of about 15 that landed in the La Brea Tar Pits in late July, are recovering from serious burns. The geese, one of the local urban flocks, mistakenly ...

Wildlife rehabilitation technician, Jennifer Martines checks on one of the flock of Canada Geese, that mistakenly landed in the sticky goo at La Brea Tar Pits, suffering serious injuries and deaths on ...

Tar pits form as petroleum seeps to the surface through fissures in the Earth’s crust, leaving viscous asphalt pools. To make Tar Pits Film, Jennifer West threw a strip of film into the La Brea Tar ...