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

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

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

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

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

Although I'm sure many of us have heard the phrase "ice age," what exactly does that mean? Is it true we're in an ice age right now? Today we're exploring questions like these to better understand ...

The West Michigan Ice Yacht Club is taking advantage of the thick ice on Muskegon Lake this winter after three years of slush ...

The Cycle of Ice Ages Ice ages don't just appear out of nowhere. They are part of a natural cycle that our planet has ...

Dancing on Ice pro Mark Hanretty issued an apology to his partner Michaela Strachan before revealing her age. The duo had ...

Ice Age Europeans may have sported cheek piercings, suggested by unusual dental wear patterns analyzed by anthropologist John Willman. His study propo ...

A return to the dominance Canada once enjoyed seems unlikely, but the search is on for the right path to train Canada's ...