Digital Guide to La Brea Tar Pits
Explore La Brea Tar Pits and over 160 international museums, galleries, sculpture parks, gardens, and cultural spaces on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app.
Why Did the Ice Age Titans Go Extinct?
A new study reveals that human impacts in an environment made fire-prone by climate change and herbivore loss led to large mammals vanishing from southern California.
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Geek Out in an Ice Age Daydream
Tar AR brings Ice Age animals back to L.A.
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Mammoths, meet the metaverse
Paleontologists from La Brea Tar Pits develop a whole herd of scientifically accurate extinct animals to use in AR and VR
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Get Sedimental With La Brea Tar Pits
Help transcribe 'dig' field notes for fossils excavated since 1969
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Our Evolving Understanding of Dire Wolves
Dire? Yes. Wolves? Not so much.
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Dire Wolf Skull Wall Reinstall
3,600 individual dire wolves recovered, 400 skulls, one iconic La Brea Tar Pits installation refurbished
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Stories of Extinction and Survival
Solving the mysteries of the Tar Pits
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The Proof Is in the Pooping
Fossilized feces help confirm the diet of extinct “bone-crushing” dogs
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