Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging from the last glaciation around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests ...

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Archaeologists and First Nations communities uncover 693 Ice Age-era stone artifacts in a high-altitude Blue Mountains cave, ...

It is often referred to as "the last ice age" and is best known for hosting now-extinct megafauna, such as woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), giant ground sloths and saber-toothed cats.

Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) are emblematic creatures from the last ice age. | Credit: LEONELLO CALVETTI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Throughout much of Earth's history ...

"One of the big questions in my research field right now is why the last ice age ended," Brenda Hall, a glacial geologist and professor of Earth and climate sciences at the University of Maine ...

But there are many more fascinating facts about this frosty time in Earth's past. How much do you know about the last ice age? Find out by taking this quiz. And if you need a hint, hit the yellow ...

Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images Earth's last ice age ended around 11,700 years ago and a new study predicts the next one should be 10,000 years away. But the researchers say record rates of fossil ...