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 ...

Evolution World Tour: La Brea Tar Pits, California Just a short drive from the mansions of Beverly Hills lies a site where paleontologists have found over three million fossils.

The La Brea Tar Pits are among Los Angeles’s best-known attractions — and among the least understood. The sprawling, grassy grounds on the Miracle Mile are probably better known for the fake ...

Dr. Hugo Schmökel works in the collections area at the La Brea Tar Pits on Aug. 17, 2023, in Los Angeles, Calif. The museum and park holds the world’s largest collection of Pleistocene f… ...

Leafcutter bee nests and pupae from the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits of Southern California: Implications for understanding the paleoenvironment of the Late Pleistocene. PLoS ONE. 9,4: e94724. doi:10. ...