Paleontologists studying the La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world’s richest Ice Age fossil sites, have identified a previously unknown species of spadefoot toad that lived in what is now California ...

In the heart of urban Los Angeles lie the La Brea Tar Pits, a group of natural asphalt seeps made famous by the millions of ice age fossils preserved within the bubbling, dark pools of goo.

For the first time, researchers have discovered a new species of extinct amphibian from Ice Age Los Angeles at La Brea Tar Pits: a spadefoot toad they have named Spea labreae. Only one other extinct ...

Kimon de Greef, author of “The Ego Trip: Psychedelic Toads, a Trail of Deaths, and the Guru Who Peddled Transcendence.” Dr. Octavio Rettig gave an unprecedented TEDx Talk in 2012 telling his own story ...

Kimon de Greef’s “The Ego Trip” is an enthralling, galling journey into the deeply weird underbelly of the psychedelic renaissance. By Susannah Cahalan Susannah Cahalan’s most recent book is “The Acid ...

Natasha Ward, a rising Australian track-and-field athlete, died at the age of 21, the New South Wales Athletics and the Sutherland District Athletics Club said in a joint statement on Thursday. A ...

View post: 58 Years Ago Today: No. 1 Country Hit, Written in 15 Minutes, Was Recorded—and Became a Controversy The track and field community was hit with devastating news when 21-year-old Natasha Ward ...

“Her magnetic smile and warm personality have left a permanent mark,” wrote Natasha Ward’s running club in a touching tribute Sutherland District Athletics Club/Facebook Middle-distance runner Natasha ...

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