Ice ages are among the most dramatic climate events in Earth’s history. They occur when long-term shifts in climate allow massive glaciers to expand across continents. These changes are influenced by ...

A group of plant viruses that infect many important crops may have origins stretching back tens of thousands of years, long before humans began farming. A new international study suggests that the ...

Overlooking the mountainous border between Austria and Italy, Weißseespitze is an alpine glacier. It formed as layers of snowfall gradually compacted into dense glacial ice, trapping airborne ...

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

Ancient plant viruses infecting modern crops likely evolved in wild plants before the last Ice Age and later spread across continents.

Long before humans cultivated crops or sailed between continents, a group of plant viruses was already evolving among wild ...

A new modeling study suggests that salt left behind on sea ice could have made the planet even brighter and colder as global glaciation began.

How did hundreds of Montana granite stones end up in farm fields in Oregon’s Willamette Valley? Take a hike along an Ice Age trail to find out.

In recent years, "cultural" and "creative" ice creams, which are offered at scenic spots, amusement parks, and museums, have become a much-loved social media trend. The ice creams, some handmade, ...

The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana in Texas, the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

“I’ve never seen anyone like him,” said Lucchesi, who is in his 17th season as the Maroons’ coach. “It’s incredible when you take into account what he’s done in such a short period. His production is ...

A prehistoric skeleton has been found in an intricate underwater cave system along Mexico's Caribbean coast, an area that flooded at the end of the last ice age 8,000 years ago, according to a ...