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See how scientists uncover 50,000-year-old fossils from California's La Brea Tar Pits where...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoLocated in Los Angeles, the La Brea tar pits are a piece of the ancient past stretching back 50,000...
The La Brea Tar Pits are full of mysteries. Here are three of the most puzzling
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe lake pit in front of the La Brea Tar Pits Museum is left over from asphalt mining that took...
La Brea Tar Pits transports visitors to the prehistoric past
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of the most moving sights a visitor first views as they enter the grounds of La Brea Tar Pits in...
Human-caused fires may have contributed to the extinction of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOver 3,000 dire wolf fossils have been found at the La Brea tar pitsJae C. Hong/AP Photo The La Brea...
Ice age extinction may hold lessons for current climate crisis
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoResearch from La Brea Tar Pits and Lake Elsinore has unearthed evidence of a dramatic event 13,000...
Dire wolves, camels, and other extinct giant mammals that used to live in North America
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAunt Spray/iStock/Getty Images Plus North America used to be crawling with giant mammals, from dire...
Scientists Solved the Mystery of a Gravity Hole in the Indian Ocean
SYFY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn NBC's La Brea (streaming now on Peacock!), a massive sinkhole opens up at the titular California...
Wildfires Drove Ancient Extinctions and Scientists Worry It’s Happening Again
SYFY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn NBC’s La Brea, streaming now on Peacock, a sinkhole opens up beneath the titular L.A. tar pits,...
Wildfires once fueled extinctions in Southern California. Will it happen again?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoLarge-scale fires helped wipe out saber-toothed cats, dire wolves and other large mammals in Southern California, according to La Brea Tar Pits researchers.
Species of clam thought to exist only as a fossil found alive
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA species of clam thought to exist only as a fossil has been found living off the coast of...