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 ...

Droughts, extreme heat and destructive flooding plagued the region in the sixteenth century, historical documents show.

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

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

ICE, a key U.S. immigration agency, has ramped up deportation efforts under the Trump administration, including using military planes and expanding enforcement near schools and churches ...

A handful of popular animated movie series have improved as they've continued, putting out entertaining and beloved third installments.

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the ...