Climate change and habitat destruction are driving species to extinction at an alarming rate. The impact extends across all taxonomic groups, affecting mammals, birds, and plants alike. Over the past ...
Right now, a wall of ice nearly two miles thick is covering the land where Chicago used to be. And it has been moving across ...
“Everyone knows that the woolly mammoth went extinct, but virtually no-one mentions the plants that were lost at the end of the last ice age,” says Prof Ulrike Herzschuh from the Alfred Wegener ...
Welcome to July! I know it’s hot, but wasn’t it just last month we were grumbling about the gloom? Researchers say our bodies deal with high heat better after a period of acclimation, so try doing ...
Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...
La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site known for its Ice Age plants and fossils. (Courtesy NHMLAC) NHMLAC also announced today a new institute, the Samuel Oschin Global Center for ...
Ice Age hunters spread rapidly across the Americas by specializing in mammoths and other giant animals, according to a new study.