Fossils Under San Pedro High School Reveal a Pleistocene Beach in a Miocene Sea
Discover some of the last fossils and the lasting impact of the bone beds beneath San Pedro High School
Exhibitions
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LBTP
Fossil Lab
What happens after the fossils at La Brea Tar Pits are excavated? This is where you find out.
Events
LBTP
Tours & Activities
Discoveries From
the Tar Pits
Join a Museum Educator to hear about exciting discoveries from the Tar Pits! These 20-minute presentations highlight what we can learn at the Tar Pits, followed by a Q&A opportunity. Topics are always changing.
daily through 07/06/26
- 4:00 pm
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Kids & Family
Youth
Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Nocturnal Neighbors
With flashlights and pencils in hand, campers will explore species like bats, owls, coyotes, raccoons, and more. Along the way, campers will study nightlife, meet a live nocturnal animal, and hear from Museum wildlife biologists!
weekly through 07/24/26
- 12:00 am
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Kids & Family
Youth
Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Nocturnal Neighbors
With flashlights and pencils in hand, campers will explore species like bats, owls, coyotes, raccoons, and more. Along the way, campers will study nightlife, meet a live nocturnal animal, and hear from Museum wildlife biologists!
weekly through 07/24/26
- 12:00 am
nhm
Kids & Family
Youth
Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Nocturnal Neighbors
With flashlights and pencils in hand, campers will explore species like bats, owls, coyotes, raccoons, and more. Along the way, campers will study nightlife, meet a live nocturnal animal, and hear from Museum wildlife biologists!
weekly through 07/24/26
- 12:00 am
nhm
Kids & Family
Youth
Adventures in Nature Day Camp: Nocturnal Neighbors
With flashlights and pencils in hand, campers will explore species like bats, owls, coyotes, raccoons, and more. Along the way, campers will study nightlife, meet a live nocturnal animal, and hear from Museum wildlife biologists!
weekly through 07/24/26
- 12:00 am
Stories
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Members Q&A with LBTP Lab Manager Stephany Potze and Assistant Curator Dr. Regan Dunn
Asphalt is dirty business, but scientists at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum have spent over 100 years learning how to excavate, clean and conserve the multitude of fossil specimens plucked from the tar at Hancock Park.
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.