Dossier
LACMA
Coverage of LACMA in the Nexus archive.
- ‘Pompeii, but in the middle of a massive city’: the ice age fossil site hidden in Los Angeles
The La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, the world's only urban active ice age fossil site, is undergoing a major renovation after nearly 50 years. The site preserves over 2 million ice age fossils, including mastodons and saber-toothed cats, trapped in natural tar pools that still bubble today.