A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to survive the cold during the ice age. A team of paleontologists and ...

Researchers excavated the cave site in 2021 and 2022. During the 1990s, Norway experienced an increase in industrial mining projects. Many of these required workers to build extensive tunnel systems ...

The bone needles were uncovered at a Wyoming archaeological site that sheds light on some of the early inhabitants of North America called La Prele. Previously, archaeologists uncovered evidence that ...

Deep in the mountains of northern Norway, scientists have uncovered the remains of 46 Ice Age species, preserved for over 75,000 years in a hidden cave. This rare discovery, detailed in a new study ...

Cool off this July with family-friendly Ice Age activities, from fossil exploration and story time to art-making and exploration of the museum’s new hands-on Discovery Center. Settle in for a story ...

Koalas with the bodies of lions. Elephants the size of your dog. Gigantic, 8-foot-tall sloths. These aren’t creatures found in science fiction: They walked our planet a million years ago, during the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Humans only discovered Arne Ovamgrotta in 1991, but it was a haven for at least 46 species over 75,000 years ago. By Andrew Paul Published Aug 4, 2025 4:09 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...