Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass ...

Kings Canyon, deeper than the Grand Canyon, offers stunning views but remains less visited due to its remote location.

Most meetings reward the loudest and quickest voices. Fast talkers dominate, while more reflective thinkers get sidelined. Ideas are judged not by their substance but by the confidence with which they ...

All things considered, the Pittsburgh Penguins have a pretty deep prospect pool on the blue line. And one defensive prospect ...

A long-lost photo snapped from a Navy plane in 1966 has become the unlikely key to understanding how Antarcticas ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

Jared Wildenradt has hiked the Ice AgeTrail nine times. Lisa Siewert is mapping the geologic highlights of the path. They ...

Jared Wildenradt has hiked the Ice AgeTrail nine times. Lisa Siewert is mapping the geologic highlights of the path. They share favorite segments.

In New England, the name Norumbega still features on streets and buildings. But did this shining indigenous community ever exist?

It reveals that people inhabited glacial terrains during the last ice age—a period typically associated with coastal refuges." ...

Human presence in high-altitude open areas during the Ice Age is not just a possibility, but a reality, Marta Sánchez de la Torre writes ...