LA BREA TAR PITS: STICKY DEATH AND DIRE WOLVES

Smilodon Skull at La Brea Tar PitsIn the heart of Los Angeles, surrounded by traffic, office towers and people carrying coffees of improbable complexity, the Earth is still bubbling. Dark pools of natural asphalt rise through the ground at Hancock Park, methane breaks at the surface and the air carries the unmistakable scent of petroleum. Beneath the lawns and walkways lies one of the