The Beasts of Pampa La Brea, a Peruvian Tar Pit
Discover some of the Ice Age titans of Talara, the asphaltic site in Northwest Peru
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Fossil Lab
What happens after the fossils at La Brea Tar Pits are excavated? This is where you find out.
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NHMLAC Discovery Talk: L.A.'s Ice Age Animals
Join Connie Clark, La Brea Tar Pits Preparator, as she explores the La Brea Tar Pits Museum Fossil Lab’s work to improve fossil preparation practices, recent finds in Project 23, and why animals found around L.A. today might be rarer in the Tar Pits fossil record.
News & Press
New Species of Bizarre, Bipedal, Toothless Crocodile Relative from the Triassic Discovered
Unearthed in Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, Labrujasuchus expectatus—the ‘Witch Croc’—highlights the weirdness of life during the dawn of the dinosaurs and the legacy and ongoing discoveries at an iconic site 20 years into excavation
Ancient Crocodile-Like Predators Ruled the Islands of the Caribbean
A new study finds that land-dwelling crocodile-like sebecids were the apex predators of the West Indies, surviving on the islands after vanishing from South America
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s New Wing NHM Commons Will Open on November 17, 2024
NHM Commons will open with a Celebratory Block Party and New Exhibitions, Programs, and Experiences
A Lighthouse in the Gobi Desert
A new study quantifies the impact of the world’s great fossil sites on our understanding of evolutionary relationships between fossil groups and discovers the key to understanding lizard evolutionary history in the Gobi Desert.