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You Herd of Bison in L.A.?
Hoofing it through Ice Age Los Angeles
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Painting of ice age Los Angeles featuring animals found as fossils at the Tar Pits
At the Feet of Mammoths
Meet some of the Ice Age minifauna still making their home in L.A.
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Research and Collections
Sample Tar Pits' Paleo Diets
Gnawing questions answered with fossilized teeth
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Sabertooth cat skeleton and notecard with field notes
Get Sedimental With La Brea Tar Pits
Help transcribe 'dig' field notes for fossils excavated since 1969
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Year of the Ox
Celebrate the 2021 Lunar New Year with 21 highlights from the collection
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Dire wolf display
Our Evolving Understanding of Dire Wolves
Dire? Yes. Wolves? Not so much.
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Dire wolf wall of skulls at an angle
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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Diorama with bears on either side
NHMLAC + Pacific Standard Time
NHMLAC receives two grants to prepare for the next edition of the regional arts initiative Pacific Standard Time, scheduled to open in 2024. 
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La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park
Time Machine Window: A Look Back at Ice Age Los Angeles
Take a look at Los Angeles through Ice Age lenses
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