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November 8th 2025

Rediscovered Fossil Redraws the Map of Woolly Mammoth Territory

New research shows that woolly mammoths roamed farther east than scientists previously thought.

Biology Margherita Bassi Nov 8

June 13th 2025

Scientists Just Solved a 14,000-Year-Old Puppy Mystery

New research challenges previous theories suggesting the two young canines were domesticated dogs and reveals their surprising last meal.

Biology Margherita Bassi Jun 13

April 15th 2025

Prehistoric Hearths Reveal Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers Were Masters of the Flame

Archaeological records indicate that prehistoric people in Europe relied on fire throughout the Ice Age—but the evidence drops off during its harshest period.

Human History Margherita Bassi Apr 15

Scientists Link Mysterious Icelandic Rocks to ‘Little’ Ice Age—and Rome’s Downfall

The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the Western Roman Empire.

Human History Margherita Bassi Apr 15

December 19th 2024

New York Man Digs Up Mastodon Fossil in His Backyard

The proboscidean's jaw was found about 70 miles (112 kilometers) northwest of New York City, and will be put on public display next year.

Biology Isaac Schultz Dec 19

November 27th 2024

Prehistoric Tailoring? 13,000-Year-Old Bone Needles Show How Ice Age Humans Stitched Winter Clothing

Ice Age humans in what is now Wyoming used bones from hares, bobcats, and mountain lions to craft sewing needles, new research suggests.

Human History Margherita Bassi Nov 27

November 15th 2024

Immaculately Preserved Saber-Tooth Cat Cub Found in Siberian Permafrost

Discovered several years ago, this remarkably preserved saber-tooth cub is offering a rare glimpse into its species and life as it existed over 30,000 years ago.

Biology Isaac Schultz Nov 15

August 6th 2024

View of the shoreline at Pinnacle Point from boat

Critical Windows Into Early Human Evolution Recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites

A trio of South African sites contain evidence that early humans ate shellfish, used fire to modify raw materials, and used advanced projectile weapons.

Human History Adam Kovac Aug 6

November 3rd 2022

Activate Your Trap Card in This Magic The Gathering: The Brothers’ War Preview

Get a look at one of the new cards coming in Magic 's latest set.

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook Nov 3

March 18th 2022

Report: Disney Didn’t Want to See the Nimona Movie’s Gay Kiss

Disney continues to prove it’s the worst when it comes to LGBTQ content, actually.

io9 Linda Codega Mar 18

November 12th 2021

Buck’s Back in The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

Everyone's favorite prehistoric weasel gets his chance to shine in the new Disney+ series.

Trailers Rob Bricken Nov 12

September 27th 2021

So Much Ice Has Melted, That the Earth’s Crust Is Shifting in Weird, New Ways

Nowhere can escape climate change. Even the Earth's crust is feeling the impact of rising temperatures and melting ice.

Climate Change Dharna Noor Sep 27

February 9th 2021

Disney Is Closing Blue Sky Studios, Creators of Ice Age

The Walt Disney Company has decided to dissolve Blue Sky, one of its animation studios, starting in April. As a result, production on that studio’s 2022 releaseNimona has been cancelled. Disney absorbed Blue Sky, the studio behind hit films like Ice Age and Rio, in its 2019 acquisition of Fox. Though Disney already owned two animation studios,…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 9

February 3rd 2021

The Arctic Ocean Was Once Filled With Fresh Water, New Research Suggests

Stunning new evidence suggests the Arctic Ocean was covered by a thick layer of ice and filled with fresh water on at least two occasions during the past 150,000 years. The observation could finally explain strange and dramatic climate anomalies associated with these glacial periods. With all the human-induced melting that’s going on these days,…

Earth Science George Dvorsky Feb 3

September 15th 2020

Ice Age Cave Bear Found Exquisitely Preserved in Siberian Permafrost

Reindeer herders working on Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island in arctic Russia have stumbled upon an incredibly well-preserved cave bear, in what scientists say is a discovery of “world importance.” When it comes to studying extinct cave bears, paleontologists have traditionally dealt with scattered bones and the odd skull. That’s why this new discovery is so important,…

Biology George Dvorsky Sep 15

August 20th 2020

During the Last Ice Age, Erratic Temperatures in Greenland Triggered Changes All Over the World

During the Last Glacial Period some 11,500 years ago, Greenland went through massive changes called interstadial events. Then, it quickly oscillated between lower and higher temperatures, which melted and then refroze (and then melted again) massive ice sheets in the region. Geological records appear to show that around the same time that this was happening in…

Earther Dharna Noor Aug 20

August 4th 2020

Ancient DNA From Preserved Cave Lions Reveals They Were a Unique Species

A genetic analysis of ice age cave lions shows this species to be distinct from modern lions, ending a long-standing mystery. What’s more, the new evidence suggests these fearsome creatures diverged into two distinct lineages. During the Pleistocene, lions lived across much of the Northern Hemisphere, including in Siberia. The northernmost of these beasts, dubbed…

Biology George Dvorsky Aug 4

March 16th 2020

Scientists Discover Ice Age Structure Made From Bones of 60 Mammoths

An unusually large structure from the last ice age built from the bones of dozens of woolly mammoths has been uncovered in Russia. Dating back some 25,000 years, it’s the oldest known structure of its kind—but its purpose isn’t entirely clear. Circular structures made from mammoth bones are surprisingly common in the archaeological record, dating…

Human History George Dvorsky Mar 16

February 21st 2020

Bird That Looks Like It Died Yesterday Turns Out to Be 46,000 Years Old

On Jacquelyn Gill’s first day doing field work at the Siberian permafrost caves during the summer of 2018, a local fossil hunter approached her with a dead bird in his hands. The translator hadn’t yet arrived, but from the freshly dead look of the bird, Gill assumed it had just recently flown into the cave…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum Feb 21

February 11th 2020

These Crows Evolved Into a New Species, Boned the Old Species Too Much, Now Back Where They Started

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a glacier advanced upon the Pacific Northwest, its ice forming a natural barrier that fractured crows into two populations. These populations began to diverge into two separate species, which ornithologists decided were distinguishable by small differences in body measurements and the sounds they made. At least, that’s what they…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum Feb 11

ice age

Rediscovered Fossil Redraws the Map of Woolly Mammoth Territory

Scientists Just Solved a 14,000-Year-Old Puppy Mystery

Prehistoric Hearths Reveal Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers Were Masters of the Flame

Scientists Link Mysterious Icelandic Rocks to ‘Little’ Ice Age—and Rome’s Downfall

New York Man Digs Up Mastodon Fossil in His Backyard

Prehistoric Tailoring? 13,000-Year-Old Bone Needles Show How Ice Age Humans Stitched Winter Clothing

Immaculately Preserved Saber-Tooth Cat Cub Found in Siberian Permafrost

Critical Windows Into Early Human Evolution Recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Activate Your Trap Card in This Magic The Gathering: The Brothers’ War Preview

Report: Disney Didn’t Want to See the Nimona Movie’s Gay Kiss

Buck’s Back in The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

So Much Ice Has Melted, That the Earth’s Crust Is Shifting in Weird, New Ways

Disney Is Closing Blue Sky Studios, Creators of Ice Age

The Arctic Ocean Was Once Filled With Fresh Water, New Research Suggests

Ice Age Cave Bear Found Exquisitely Preserved in Siberian Permafrost

During the Last Ice Age, Erratic Temperatures in Greenland Triggered Changes All Over the World

Ancient DNA From Preserved Cave Lions Reveals They Were a Unique Species

Scientists Discover Ice Age Structure Made From Bones of 60 Mammoths

Bird That Looks Like It Died Yesterday Turns Out to Be 46,000 Years Old

These Crows Evolved Into a New Species, Boned the Old Species Too Much, Now Back Where They Started

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