museum installation of full-sized cryolophosaurus replica
Naturalist

Your Big Antarctic Dinosaurs Takeaways

After adventuring from the world as it was—Pangaea to a life-size re-creation of Cryolophosaurus, we caught up with some of the museum’s explorers to ask them about their expedition experience.
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image of Gaper Clam
Nature in L.A.

Was Hancock Park Beachfront Property 120,000 Years Ago?

Pacific Gaper Clam: A large, common bivalve that inhabits sandy areas of bays along an open coast, often buried a foot or more.
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fossils of saber-toothed cat vertebrae on trays in the La Brea Tar Pits Museum’s collections room;
Naturalist

Paleo Prep School

Students dig up the bones of real prehistoric beasts for college credit in the first-ever La Brea Tar Pits Field School.
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Project 23 boxes and bins
Naturalist

Our Rich Digs

More than a decade of rich digs at Project 23
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