What you'll discover in this article ・The La Brea tar pits preserve way more than just mammoths, saber-toothed cats and dire wolves. ・Ancient frogs and toads can teach us more about what the climate ...

Scientists identified a new Ice Age spadefoot toad species from decades-old La Brea fossils, offering fresh clues about ...

Most people know of dire wolves from “Game of Thrones.” The species isn’t actually fictional, but it has been extinct for thousands of years. Now, scientists say they’ve brought the dire wolf back to ...

Scientists have discovered an extinct amphibian from the ice age at Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits. The fossils shed light on ...

The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of natural asphalt pools in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the middle of the nation’s second-largest city, millions of fossils of animals that were ...

Remains pulled from the La Brea Tar Pits revealed deformed vertebrae and rare tumors, possible signs of inbreeding among ...