A paleontologist from The University of Texas at Austin has discovered the fossilized remains of Ice Age animals that have ...

Why are frogs diverse in some parts of Africa's rainforests and less so in others? The patterns of cooling and glaciation ...

New research shows Stone Age humans created structured signs and symbol systems 40,000 years ago, long before formal writing ...

Scientists have confirmed using full genome analysis that dogs were already living as human companions over 14,000 years ago.

In A Nutshell A 14,200-year-old dog from Switzerland is now the oldest dog confirmed with genome-wide DNA. When farming ...

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

Here are some ways the world might end in ice, according to science fiction. Earth freezes. Humankind’s remnants huddle in ice caves, fending off giant alien monsters (Snowball Earth). Or people ...

Today, as in the beginning, life is still made out of carbon dioxide, and the world’s problems are made out of carbon dioxide as well.” ...

Did you know that a massive ancient flood triggered a thousand year ice age? 13,000 years ago, North America seemed to be ...

In the Magdalenian era, western European prehistoric cultures liked marine-originating jewellery and adornments. A key example from around the dawn of that epoch is the magnificent headwear, made ...