Encountering a saber-toothed cat is not something any of us have penciled on our calendar, but if we know that we can meet the ancient animal in a convivial outdoor setting, one that has music, ...

Scientists have been extracting huge fossils from the La Brea tar pits since 1913. Many of the animals lived during the Ice Age, as far back as 50,000 years ago. The tar pits have preserved an entire ...

A general exterior view of the La Brea Tar Pits is seen in Los Angeles Credit: (Photo by Victor Decolongon/Getty Images) A flock of 15 wild Canadian geese mistakenly landed in the bubbling goo at La ...

Last year, we began inviting readers to send us their pressing questions about Los Angeles and California. Every few weeks, we put the questions to a vote, asking readers to decide which question they ...

We'd let that particular question bubble for a bit, but if you know the bubbling lake that sits just off Wilshire Boulevard, on the Miracle Mile, then you may quickly get what we're getting at. Or at ...

Two Canada geese, the only survivors of a flock of about 15 that landed in the La Brea Tar Pits in late July, are recovering from serious burns. The geese, one of the local urban flocks, mistakenly ...