La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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.

The iconic L.A. museum and active excavation site is shutting down for major upgrades. Last day to visit is July 6.

The museum and research facilities at the La Brea Tar Pits are scheduled for a multimillion dollar renovation that includes ...

The La Brea Tar Pits’ makeover team is adding new members. Lori Bettison-Varga, the president and director of the National History Museums of Los Angeles County, announced today that the La Brea Tar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

The George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits will close to the public July 6 for about two years, marking the start of a sweeping renovation project of the 13-acre Tar Pits campus — the first ...

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 ...

In a news release, Getty Center officials said that the well-known museum will be undergoing a massive modernization project, the first since opening in 1997. The center will be closed to the public ...

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 ...