Beneath the ice of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, scientists discovered a vast, organized city of fish nests revealed after the ...

Deep in the mountains of northern Norway, scientists have uncovered the remains of 46 Ice Age species, preserved for over ...

In a grim study, a team of nearly 50 researchers concludes that extreme ocean heat killed off two crucial coral species that ...

When temperatures sink well below zero and the ground freezes solid, most animals head for shelter or migrate somewhere ...

Large changes in global sea level, fueled by fluctuations in ice sheet growth and decay, occurred throughout the last ice age ...

Largely outshone by fossils of horses, the earliest camels are getting another look from scientists determined to sort out ...

Scientists drilling into Mercer Lake, a Subglacial Antarctic lake locked beneath 3500 feet (one kilometer) of ice have discovered the ancient carcasses of tiny animals including “water bears,” in a ...

The frozen wastes of Russia have long preserved ancient animals and have yielded many important Ice Age finds. Recently, reindeer herders came across a preserved Ice Age bear. This is the first adult ...

Hippos lived in Europe alongside mammoths and woolly rhinos during the last Ice Age, according to new research. Detailed analysis of bone finds shows that the heat-loving semi-aquatic mammals ...

Melting ice sheets in North America played a far greater role in driving global sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age than scientists had thought, according to a Tulane University-led study ...

Follow ancient humans’ journey into an icy and perilous new land. Follow ancient humans’ perilous journey into the Americas, where a frigid Ice Age landscape, mammoths, and other fearsome beasts ...

The epigenetic clock measures biological age and could help scientists assess the health of polar bears, dolphins, baboons ...