Stories

A look at L.A.'s growth toward wildfires through historic images from the Seaver Center

How Smilodon became saber-toothed tigers—and why they're really saber-toothed cats

Mark Langill | Team Historian, Los Angeles Dodgers

Groundbreaking new research from La Brea Tar Pits curators finds that in California, 13,000 years ago, huge Ice Age mammals that had roamed the landscape for many millennia, suddenly ceased to exist. The cause? Humans, catastrophic fires, and an ecosystem made vulnerable by climate change.

A Q&A with Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot, Director of Project Phoenix

A new study reveals that human impacts in an environment made fire-prone by climate change and herbivore loss led to large mammals vanishing from southern California.

How Jurassic Park helped spark a boom in new dinosaur discoveries

Cruise through automobile history in a behind-the-scenes look at our vintage image collection of L.A.’s early driving scene.

A unique and transformative museum mentorship program about biodiversity begins

The how and why of composting