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Dire Wolves

Exhibitions

ice age encounters show tar pits

Ice Age Encounters

See the Ice Age come to life in our Encounters stage show.

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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

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

Photo of jaw bones from La Brea tar pits

Stories of Extinction and Survival

Solving the mysteries of the Tar Pits

A few of the six-million-year-old coprolites (fossilized feces) of extinct bone-crushing dogs; the one on the right has visible bits of bone sticking out. (Ouch.)

The Proof Is in the Pooping

Fossilized feces help confirm the diet of extinct “bone-crushing” dogs