Ice Age

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

Near Opatovac, Croatia,receding water levels have also begun to reveal a shows the wreckage of the Hungarian cargo ship Fulton which sunk in the Danube in 1937 while transporting coal.

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.
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

Inside Sea Lion Caves, Oregon, February 10, 2026.

Researchers discover world’s oldest sewn hide, dated to Ice Age, in Oregon caves - study


Warm ice age forever changed Earth’s climate cycles - study

Increased ocean temperatures and stronger monsoons created more moisture. This moisture fed growing ice sheets.

 Artistic depiction of wooly mammoths. (creative commons)

Study explains how primordial life survived on 'Snowball Earth'

"Compared to the most recent Ice Age, glacier coverage was much more extensive and, more importantly, much of the ocean was frozen," Xiao said.

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Rising Antarctic ice melt will dramatically slow global ocean flows - study

Deep ocean water flows from the Antarctic could decline by 40% by 2050, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature.

 An aerial view of the 200-foot-tall (60-meter-tall) front of the Getz Ice Shelf with cracks, in Antarctica, in this 2016 handout image.

Amateur archaeologist uncovers 20,000-year-old ‘writing’ system

The researcher, Ben Bacon, found that cave drawings were used to record details about the timing of animal reproductive cycles.

The Wilkins Building at University College London, London, England

Location of mammoth remains was ancient hunting camp - study

The discovery of the tools was the first direct proof of interaction between Ice Age humans and megafauna of the Pleistocene Era in the Basin of Mexico.

Skeleton of Mammuthus columbi on display at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits.

A lost world: Scientists find 2 million-year-old oldest recorded DNA

The DNA found in Greenland is the oldest on record and revealed an ecosystem with an ancient open forest teeming with animals.

 An artist's reconstruction shows the Kap Kobenhavn formation in northernmost Greenland two million years ago, at a time when temperatures were significantly higher than northernmost Greenland today, in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on December 6, 2022.

Human footprints dating back to Ice Age discovered in Utah desert

The prints are coined "ghost tracks" - which appear suddenly for a short time when moisture conditions are right, and then disappear again.

Slightly larger brains than modern humans, and stronger, but extinct. An illustration of the Neanderthal man.

Ice Age DNA shows dog ancestry from 2 separate gray wolf populations - study

Similar whole-genome time series from the Ice Age, in humans or other animals, could provide new information about how evolution happens.

 Wolves, dogs and DNA: The genetic links tying the ancestry of man's best friend to the Ice Age canines (Illustrative).

Movie and a mammoth? Ice Age people created animated scenes by firelight - study

British researchers say the ancient engravings of animals on the flat surfaces of stones known as plaquettes appear to move when exposed to flickering flames of a hearth fire.

A man looks at a reproduction of the Lascaux caves paintings at the Cap Science's exhibition hall in Bordeaux, October 12, 2012.

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.