Hundreds of Ice Age Cave Art Discovered in Spain’s Tourist Hotspot
The Cova de la Font Major in Catalonia has long been a popular attraction for tourists, scientists, and…
Did Humans Accidentally Prevent the Next Ice Age? A New Study Makes the Case
The Barnes Ice Cap on Canada’s Baffin Island, photographed on July 12, 2026. Blue meltwater ponds and an…
Humans Accidentally Canceled the Next Ice Age, Scientists Say
For billions of years, Earth has experienced periodic glacial cycles governed by its orbit around the Sun. No…
Arctic ice had been expanding for at least 1,000 years before reaching its greatest extent around 1960; researchers say greenhouse warming then reversed a natural slide toward another ice age
Reducing ice cap due to global warming. A new study suggests that the Arctic was already moving towards…
Ancient DNA shows Ice Age Europeans stayed connected across long distances
People who lived in Europe more than 30,000 years ago were more connected than scientists believed. A team…
Scientists Just Discovered Ancient Squirrels Were Way More Metal Than You Think
One of my favorite old-school ways to call someone crazy is saying they’re “nuttier than squirrel shit.” It’s…
Scientists Thought Alaska Fossils Were Mammoths, They Were Whales
For several decades, the story of why woolly mammoths disappeared seemed remarkably simple and unquestioned; radiocarbon-dated fossils across…
Hidden in the dust: The 2-billion-year-old asteroid crater that holds the secret clue to ending an ice age
Scientists have identified the Yarrabubba impact crater in Western Australia as the Earth’s oldest, dating back 2.229 billion…
146,000-Year-Old Tool Discovery Reveals Unexpected Adaptations to Harsh Ice Age Life
Ice Age tools dating back 146,000 years were recently discovered in an ancient Chinese cave, revealing surprising human…
146,000-year-old Ice Age humans used advanced stone tools for butchery and survival
A new study from central China is changing how scientists think about creativity and survival among ancient humans.…
Lion-sized Armadillo and Giant Tortoise Found in Texas Cave Surprise Paleontologists
Paleontologist John Moretti searching for fossils in the stream that flows through Bender’s Cave. Credit: John Moretti. Deep…
Lion-sized armadillo, ancient tortoises: Ice Age creatures discovered in Central Texas
The floor of Bender’s Cave looked like a graveyard. Fossils spread across the submerged stream bed in every…