Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum Carbon Release Study
A Tar Pits researcher reconstructed forests of 56 million years ago—with chilling parallels for our warming planet: climate change led to a widespread browning of Earth's landscapes—against a backdrop of elevated atmospheric CO₂, global warming, and reduced rainfall triggered by volcanically driven carbon release—and trees are at the root of these drastic changes.
A Mammoth Impression
See how Beatriz Inglessis, a scientific illustrator and visual artist, captured the bones of Ice Age animals in Japanese woodcut prints.
Fossils Under San Pedro High School Reveal a Pleistocene Beach in a Miocene Sea
Discover some of the last fossils and the lasting impact of the bone beds beneath San Pedro High School
The Bugs of La Brea Tar Swamp
Meet some of the insects found at La Brea Tar Pits and discover how these microfauna can tell big stories about our climate, past, present, and future
Meet Teratorn, the Largest Bird Found at La Brea Tar Pits
The teratorn was undoubtedly big, but was it a big vulture or something else?
