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

An Albuquerque museum curator was part of a team that identified a new species related to the muskox — one that roamed thousands of years ago and found its final resting place in what's now known as ...

Across the icy edges of Earth’s northern and southern reaches, life has adapted to thrive in some of the harshest conditions. Plants with frost-resistant tissues, beetles with antifreeze-like blood, ...

At a site known as Natural Trap Cave, a team of scientists are rappelling down to uncover the secrets of what the Earth was like during the Pleistocene ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a polar bear standing on snow in front of an exposed rocky cliff face For 75,000 years, the remnants of a diverse ecosystem of Ice ...

A groundbreaking study published in PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) in July 2025 has revealed the discovery of 75,000-year-old animal remains in Norway, preserved deep within ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A camel shin bone found near the Green River 40 years ago has now been determined to be from the Ice Age. | John Foster, Utah ...

In 1978, residents in the small community of Winameg in rural northwest Ohio discovered several bones of a mammal dating back to the Ice Age: a mastodon. Bowling Green State University studied the ...

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 ...