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"La Brea(king) Tar Pits News"
NBClosangles.com, 12/12/11
"American Lion or Giant Jaguar? - In Search of Panthera atrox"
Wired.com, 10/24/11
"Scientists Search Trove of Ice Age Fossils in Los Angeles"
Voice of America, 3/24/11
"5 Coolest New Fossils Discovered in the La Brea Tar Pits" (PHOTOS)
LA Weekly blog, 3/11/11
La Brea Tar Pits video
In the MO
"La Brea Tar Pits Discover Over 16K Fossils"
ABC, 3/9/11
"Ice Age Insect Survey at the Tar Pits"
NBC, 11/15/10
"Meet Your New BFF"
NBC, 10/21/10
"A Mammoth Find"
Scholastic News, 3/5/10
"Major Cache of Fossils Unearthed in L.A."
Los Angeles Times, 2/18/09
"Finds at L.A. Tar Pits Provide Glimpse into Past"
NPR, 2/18/09
"Mammoth Skeleton Found Nearly Intact in Los Angeles"
Reuters, 2/18/09
"Cache of Ice Age Fossils Found in Los Angeles"
Associated Press, 2/18/09
"Los Angeles Tar Yields Mammoth's Skeletons"
The New York Times, 2/18/09
Daily Activities
Pit 91 Viewing Station (outside)
Open 10 am - 4 pm
An excavation site with undisturbed fossils still in the ground.
Guided Tours
Weekdays: 1 pm and 3 pm
Weekends: 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm
Start inside, then explore Museum or Hancock Park.
Fishbowl Lab (inside)
Open 9:30 am - 5 pm
Watch our paleontologists work!
Project 23 (outside)
Always open
Live excavation seven days a week!
Pleistocene Garden (outside)
Always open
See what L.A. looked like in the Ice Age! This was planted according to fossil seeds excavated from Pit 91.
Self-Guided Scavenger Hunts
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