ice age
Coverage of ice age in the Nexus archive.
- Tiny toad, big discovery: New ice age amphibian found in La Brea Tar Pits collection
An extinct toad, identified as an ice age amphibian, was discovered recently. The finding was located among the existing amphibian collection housed at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum.
- Tiny toad, big discovery: New ice age amphibian found in La Brea Tar Pits collection
A new ice age amphibian, identified as an extinct toad, was found during a discovery. This find was located among the existing amphibian collection at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum.
- This new Ice Age toad lived only in LA. Why the discovery matters
Researchers discovered a new extinct species of spadefoot toad, Spea labreae, at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. The finding, based on a 1929 excavated bone, highlights insights into Ice Age climate conditions and amphibian sensitivity to environmental changes.
- ‘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 its first major renovation in nearly 50 years. The site contains over 2 million fossils of ice age flora and fauna, including mastodons and saber-toothed cats, preserved in still-active tar pits.