The most recent ice age peaked about 20,000 years ago, when glaciers covered much of North America and extended as far south as the Ohio […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.

A new study published last week is giving us a better idea. The research builds on previous hypotheses theorizing that Ice Ages occur on a predictable timeline that relates to the geometry of ...

Two new studies suggest that Earth’s most recent ice age, which occurred approximately 20,000 years ago, was not quite as bone-chillingly freezing as we have always thought. According to the studies ...

The most recent ice age was dominated by gigantic mammals like the mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, and saber-tooth cat. But there’s an evolutionary mystery here. How did these animals enter the ice ...

A new study has revealed what global temperatures were like during the most recent ice age. The research suggests that temperatures were roughly 11 degrees … ...

Primitive humans, clad in animal skins, trekking across vast expanses of ice in a desperate search to find food. That’s the image that comes to mind when most of us think about an ice age.