The La Brea Tar Pits closed early after someone allegedly shot a gun at a nearby park on Thursday afternoon.

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 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 – home to more than 3.5 million Ice Age fossils – is one of the planet’s best-kept records of what it was like in the area we now know as Southern California over the last 60,000 ...

The La Brea Tar Pits. Photo via Flickr. It may look like nothing more than a big oil slick or a river of mud but La Brea Tar Pits have been selected as one of the most important geological heritage ...

The La Brea Tar Pits, L.A.’s iconic gurgling mammoth trap, will be getting a new look. On Thursday it was announced that a short list of architectural firms has been selected to develop master plans ...

Only two of seven geese survived after being rescued from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, the International Bird Rescue said in a news release. On July 31, a flock of 15 Canada geese landed on ...

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 ...

Upon arriving at the La Brea Tar Pits, visitors are greeted by a penetrating asphalt smell from a sinkhole. Within the sinkhole lies a recreation of a mammoth being trapped in tar, an illustrative ...

Hiss not at our query, and please don't show your claws: We know there could never be another P-22, for the marvelous mountain lion is a singular superstar, a modern-day, on-the-move ambassador ...

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 ...