Most animals retreated to small, warmer enclaves. But some, like humans, seemed to have stayed where they were. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

An ice core sample from the European Alps has been the first to be dated to the last Ice Age, providing vital historical environmental data stretching back across the last 12,000 years. The discovery ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Lascaux cave paintings are some of the most famous examples of ...

Along Turkey’s northwestern shoreline, where the Aegean Sea meets the olive-covered ridges of Anatolia, lies a quiet district called Ayvalık. Now it’s famous for its sun-kissed islands and seafront ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It took time for ancient humans to finally arrive in present-day ...

Hippos lived at the Upper Rhine in the same time frame as mammoths. In the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen a hippo reconstruction meets a mammoth skeleton. Hippos, today restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, ...

The study, published in Science Advances, was led by researchers Qigao Jiangzuo, from Peking University, and Joan Madurell Malapeira, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Snow leopards ...

First, what is an ice age? It’s when the Earth has cold temperatures for a long time – millions to tens of millions of years – that lead to ice sheets and glaciers covering large areas of its surface.

The brand new installment of the award-winning natural history series Planet Earth comes Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, which is set to debut exclusively on Apple TV+ Wednesday, Nov. 26. The new ...