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

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 ...

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 ...

Eight young people were taken to the hospital Tuesday from the La Brea Tar Pits. (Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times) Eight high school students on a school trip at the La Brea Tar Pits were ...

Three replica mammoths in the Lake Pit as people wander the grounds at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) A day at the museum is getting more expensive: The Los ...

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 ...

Part of a flock of Canada Geese that landed in sticky asphalt at La Brea Tar Pits last month died and others suffered serious injuries, a wildlife rescue group announced Tuesday. International Bird ...

Two Canada geese, the only survivors of a flock of about 15 that landed in the La Brea Tar Pits in late July, are recovering from serious burns. The geese, one of the local urban flocks, mistakenly ...

Eight high school students on a school trip at the La Brea Tar Pits were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after apparently ingesting cannabis edibles, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department and ...