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 ...

Less than half a mile from the La Brea Tar Pits, a block of L.A. residents has been caught in a sticky situation. Puddles of oozing tar have been showing up over the last week, mucking up car tires ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Pools of oozing tar have prompted officials ...

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 ...

Part of a flock of Canada Geese that landed in sticky asphalt at La Brea Tar Pits last month died and others suffered serious injuries, a wildlife rescue group announced Tuesday. International Bird ...

In a birds-eye view, the Lake Pit at La Brea Tar Pits appears to be a refreshing body of water in the middle of the developed Los Angeles cityscape. But it became a death trap for a flock of 15 Canada ...

Both dogs had severe burns on their bodies from contact with the tar. — -- Two dogs were recently rescued after they were found "in severe distress" on the roof of a Newark, New Jersey residence ...

Tar pits form as petroleum seeps to the surface through fissures in the Earth’s crust, leaving viscous asphalt pools. To make Tar Pits Film, Jennifer West threw a strip of film into the La Brea Tar ...

In a birds-eye view, the Lake Pit at La Brea Tar Pits appears to be a refreshing body of water in the middle of the developed Los Angeles cityscape. But it became a death trap for a flock of 15 Canada ...