How Los Angeles Moved Uncomfortably Close to Mountain Wildfires A look at L.A.'s growth toward wildfires through historic images from the Seaver Center
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.
Where There's Smoke A look at what we know and don't know about how growing wildfires impact our natural world, and how we can learn to cope
Playing With Fire: Extinction and Survival at La Brea Tar Pits In California, 13,000 years ago, huge Ice Age mammals that had roamed the landscape for many millennia, suddenly ceased to exist. The cause? Humans, catastrophic fires, and an ecosystem made vulnerable by climate change.
Match Point Fire is a hot-button issue. Regan Dunn, Interim Assistant Deputy Director and Assistant Curator at La Brea Tar Pits, looks at the pervasive planetary issue with a long-term lens.
