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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 ...

Bird rescuers with International Bird Rescue announced Tuesday that they are continuing to care for two geese that got stuck in hot asphalt at La Brea Tar Pits in July. Thirteen other members of the ...

The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of natural asphalt pools in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. In the middle of the nation’s second-largest city, millions of fossils of animals that were ...

Wildlife rehabilitation technician Jennifer Martines nets one of the surviving geese Tuesday for an exam and medication at International Bird Rescue in San Pedro. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) ...

The petroleum fly and their larvae thrive in the natural asphalt at the La Brea Tar Pits. In the sticky oil seeps known as the La Brea Tar Pits, the tiny petroleum fly and their larvae thrive in the ...

There’s a gooey time capsule in the heart of Los Angeles, left over from an era when saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, camels, and giant sloths prowled Southern California. At the site known today as ...

Black gooey methane bubbles pop on the surface of the Lake Pit outside the La Brea Museum in Los Angeles. It's the only warning of the sticky, heavy asphalt on the bottom of the pit. The asphalt seeps ...

(MENAFN- GetNews) Houston, TX - Across the country, construction, infrastructure, and property improvement projects continue to expand as communities invest in long-term growth and maintenance. With ...