Ice Age

Is Monte Verde really 14,500 years old? Researchers clash over true age of Chile's ancient site

But a study published in March based on different testing called the 1997 study results inaccurate, concluding that Monte Verde dated to between about 4,200 and 8,200 years ago.

A drone view shows the Monte Verde archaeological complex and its surrounding landscape n Chile's Los Lagos region, in this handout photo taken in July 2025 and obtained by Reuters on August 31, 2026.
A drone view shows people swimming near a sunken German warship from World War II, exposed due to low Danube River levels caused by drought and extreme heat, in Prahovo, Serbia, July 30, 2026.

Europe’s summer heatwave reveals Ice Age mammoth bones, sunken Nazi relics in receding Danube River

FILE PHOTO: A life-size replica of a woolly mammoth on display at the American Museum of Natural History's exhibition "The Secret World of Elephants" in Manhattan, New York City, US, November 8, 2023.

Prehistoric people in Eurasia, North America specifically hunted female mammoths, new study shows

 Hunter discovers rare mammoth tusk in West Texas.

“Unbelievable”: Tourists smash 10,000-year-old, 90 kg mammoth tusk


Brain size a huge factor in surviving the Ice Age, TAU study finds

Researchers at TAU and from Italy found that a large brain in large animals meant relatively high intelligence, which helped them adapt and avoid hunters.

Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentinian Patagonia. Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau, Alaska.

Ancient humans thrived near Israel's Kinneret during last ice age

A study of animal remains found buried in Israeli archaeological site Ohalo II uncovered a rich diversity of food sources during a period of food scarcity on planet Earth.

May rains on the Kinneret, May 5, 2020

Himalayan glaciers melting at unprecedented rate, threaten region's water supply- study

A new study examining the ice loss of the Himalayan glaciers since the Little Ice Age has shown that they are melting at an unprecedented rate in comparison to the previous seven centuries.

 Himalayan glacier and Nangpa La border pass to Nepal in the distance.

Father and son work to slow Siberian Ice Age thaw

Scientists say that greenhouse gas emissions from its thaw could eventually match or even exceed the European Union's industrial emissions due to the sheer volume of decaying organic matter.

Floating ice as seen during the expedition of the The Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship at the Arctic Ocean, September 14, 2020.

Prehistoric humans migrated to Israel during Ice Age

Before the jawbone from the Carmel was found, modern humans were thought to have left Africa around 100,000 years ago.

Misliya Cave