The only dinosaurs found at the La Brea Tar Pits are birds. After the paleontologists at La Brea have convinced you they aren’t robots, they’ll be quick to clear up another misconception ...

More than 100 species of birds and a number of other species ... to a new study of predator fossils found in the La Brea Tar Pits. Over the last decade, DeSantis used a dentistry approach to ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Excavators at the La Brea Tar Pits work almost every day to pull fossils out of the ground, clean, and prepare them for further research. With 4 million specimens ...

If your kids go crazy for dinosaurs – and really, what kid doesn't? – then a visit to La Brea Tar Pits is sure to be the highlight of their trip. Although the pits look like the set of a ...

Did you know that people can discover fossils in a major city? Head to the La Brea Tar Pits to see an active dig site in the heart of Los Angeles. The tar pits were formed thousands of years ago ...

Gayle Anderson reports on how new research between paleontologists at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Robert Klapper at Cedars-Sinai could enhance patient care.