For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

Forests were growing on the now-submerged landmass of Doggerland thousands of years earlier than previously believed, ...

Picture a hulking bear scampering on the vast icescape. All of a sudden, it slips on a melting patch and ends up falling inside a glacial lake whose numbing waters suffocate her. Over the years, the ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A new study gives scientists a fresh look at what life was like in the Las Vegas valley more than 12,000 years ago. Before the strip, Southern Nevada was home to ice-age animals.

Back in 1999, the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs series spawned a new format: wildlife “documentaries” featuring long-extinct animals. I’m a big fan of this genre, and Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, made ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age. It was an incredible time when the Earth was going through immense ...

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, ...

Ciara Wanket drilling for sedaDNA samples in Canada’s Yukon territory. This ash layer from the volcano eruption she studied is visible as a pale stripe in the dark permafrost sediment. For the first ...