Find out what scientists say about the Next Ice Age and the natural rhythms shaping our planet's climate over millennia.

Forty million years before the first dinosaurs evolved ... that we could then use to compare with other animals from this age and get a sense of what this animal was and what makes it unique ...

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For millions of years, Earth's climate has been driven by natural cycles linked to its orbit, shifting between ice ages and ...

Scientists say small changes in the way the Earth orbits the sun hold the key in major global changes in climate, like ice ...

Earth’s climate follows a natural cycle of ice ages and warm periods. A new study shows that small orbital changes drive ...

Researchers in Tennessee discover extremely rare fossil of a giant flying squirrel that arrived during the last Ice Age.

More than 100 years ago, researchers discovered human bones there among stone and bone tools alongside the remains of hunted Ice Age animals ... and scalp were removed before the long bones ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal ... the last ice age, which ...