scientists found that Earth contained ice only 13 percent of the time — including the ice age that humans are accustomed to today. The rest of the time, it was iceless and often with much higher ...

A remarkable collection of fossils has been unearthed in Florida after a sinkhole swallowed a group of animals. 500,000 years ago, a group of armadillo-like mammals, horses, and sloths met their ...

New research reveals that ice algae can store nutrients which may enable them to colonize more of the ice sheet, darkening and melting it.

The analysis of the periods in which the testimonies were recorded indicates that the great majority of the analyzed century ...

When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great ...

Divers in Florida’s Steinhatchee River stumbled upon hundreds of pristine fossils from an obscure Ice Age period, including ...

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

The coming-of-age story is a timeless genre -- often poignant, usually powerful, and sometimes funny -- and movies with this theme can be a great way to expose kids to important life lessons. These ...

Climate change and habitat destruction are driving species to extinction at an alarming rate. The impact extends across all ...

Comparing pollen records from three lakes in different geological substrates highlights the influence of geology and climate on long-term vegetation development.

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...