For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

Thousands of years ago, massive islands rose where oceans now rule. These forgotten lands may have shaped ancient humanity in ways we’re only starting to uncover.

The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program has the perfect offering for those eyeing the coming summer forecast with dread, thanks to their Ice Age in July nature walk.

As glaciers retreat due to a rise in global temperatures, one study shows that detailed 3D elevation models could drastically ...

Scientists have discovered what may be one of the oldest boomerangs in the world, hidden in a Polish cave for tens of ...

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

Wisconsin is home to a treasure of natural wonders, where glacial history has shaped its landscapes into a diverse tapestry, perfect for exploration. As you delve into the state, you discover that ...

Scientists have verified Ice Age footprints in White Sands National Park, showing humans lived in North America during the peak of the last ice age.

This is one of the human groups that frequented the Pyrenean Mountains during the period known as the Last Glacial Maximum, or Ice Age. These Homo sapiens – nomadic hunter-gatherers who populated ...

But by 2003 the glacier had diminished to 0.1 sq mile (0.28 sq km) and became a series of small disconnected relic glacier ice patches before vanishing entirely. An even more recent one to have ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from ...

The ice has finally all melted, barring any late-winter freezes. With that, we begin the long-awaited transition to spring. There was a time, not long ago, when the warming air of summer would not ...