Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in an unusual source: the frozen remains of an ice age wolf.

Scientists have uncovered a missing feedback in Earth’s carbon cycle that could cause global warming to overshoot into an ice age. As the planet warms, nutrient-rich runoff fuels plankton blooms that ...

What kind of clothing helped hunter-gatherers in North America stay warm during the Ice Age? New research at the La Prele mammoth kill site in eastern Wyoming is offering clues about the furry fashion ...

Around 18,000 years ago, ice age people in what is now Ukraine likely weathered the extremely harsh climate by building parts of their shelters out of mammoth bones, a new study finds. The mammoth ...

CROSS PLAINS, Wis. (WKOW) -- The Ice Age Trail Alliance recently acquired 100 acres of land in Dane County. The land will connect the SwampLovers' Preserve to the Village of Cross Plains' Hickory Hill ...

CROSS PLAINS, Wis. — Up to a mile of the Ice Age Trail is expected to be built in the Town of Berry, right outside Cross Plains, in 2028. The Ice Age Trail Alliance announced on Thursday that it has ...

An ancient lake that thrived during the last Ice Age has reemerged in California's Death Valley National Park, after a record spell of rainfall hit the area, the National Park Service said. Informally ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (KRQE) – A team of researchers has identified an Ice Age relative of the muskox from fossils uncovered in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The new species, named Speleotherium logani, ...

We created a very special #diorama when #Scrat the squirrel accidentally found a frozen #mammoth friend, and to his surprise there were so many acorns for him right in front of what he was looking for ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X NEW YORK — If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You ...

A new season of Apple TV’s docuseries “Prehistoric Planet” follows mammals fighting to survive in shifting climate. The five-part season begins with “The Big Freeze,” one of the coldest periods of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Bradley covers the intersection of tech and entertainment. The Ice Age tends to get flattened into a postcard: endless white, ...