Most people know of dire wolves from “Game of Thrones.” The species isn’t actually fictional, but it has been extinct for thousands of years. Now, scientists say they’ve brought the dire ...

Studies of tens of thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California have found no clear evidence of any of the species evolving in response to falling temperatures as ice sheets spread ...

The Hollywood sign, the Santa Monica Pier, the La Brea Tar Pits – some things are unmistakably L.A. But, as L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison writes, it could be time to say goodbye to one ...

A study of extinct dire wolf DNA reveals surprises, including that the carnivores, made famous as fictional pets in Game of Thrones, weren't closely related to wolves. Dire wolves, with reddish ...

More than 4,000 wolves were pulled from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles alone. They are understood to have been hunters of the many large mammals that populated the Americas before the arrival ...

The scavenger hunt takes the teams to the comic book store, the planetarium, the La Brea Tar Pits, and the Caltech geology lab. As the game progresses, Sheldon and Penny have their classic comedy ...

Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun / Paradox Interactive So instead of a militaristic nation of Korean conquerors, I spend the next few years dipping around the map, in and out of production and trade ...

Explore the La Brea Tar Pits to discover ancient Ice Age fossils that have been preserved in tar for over 50,000 years. Pay your respects to Hollywood’s legends at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, a unique ...