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Excavations

Exhibitions

Onlookers watch scientists in the Fossil Lab

What happens after the fossils at La Brea Tar Pits are excavated? This is where you find out.

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Travel back in time with Titans of the Ice Age.

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Talking Tar Pits Turkeys

Dig into some ancient turkey with our Tar Pits team member, Preparator Laura Tewksbury.

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Toothy Grins from the Past

The first 3D reconstructions of extinct Cretaceous birds reveal a reptilian tooth replacement pattern

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Virtual Na Paglilibot Sa Bulwagang Dino – Filipino

Isang pagbisitang virtual sa panahón ng mga dínosáwro

E. Occidentalis

Horsing Around at La Brea Tar Pits

Say giddy up to the Western horse

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Here, Kitty, Kitty

It's been ice ages! Get reacquainted with your friendly neighborhood apex predator

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You Herd of Bison in L.A.?

Hoofing it through Ice Age Los Angeles

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Future Paleontologist

Dig up the past as you discover the science of the fossil’s journey from excavation to our col

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Tar Pits in Peru

Our Expeditions

Our goal is to foster integrative research collaborations at asphaltic fossil localities around the world.

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