Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average ...

Glaciers, sediments, and pollen can be used to reconstruct the climate of the past. Beyond "nature's archive," other sources, ...

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.

An international research team has gained new insights into the burial rituals of Late Ice Age societies in Central Europe. Signs of human remains from the Maszycka Cave in southern Poland being ...

Wear patterns on the teeth of skeletons found in Central Europe suggest children as young as 6 may have been wearing labrets ...

Researchers in Poland have found more evidence of violent cannibalism in the wake of the coldest period of the last Ice Age.

Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...

For decades, scientists have wondered at the taxonomy of Vegavis iaai— an ancient avian specimen that lived in what is now ...

The new temporary attraction with live tarantulas and lots of facts hopes to make you more curious than apprehensive.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The Kostenki 11 site, located near the Don River, just 300 kilometers from Moscow, is one of the most significant Upper ...