Off the coast of Antarctica, the sea ice retreated toward the southernmost continent and, like a bottle cap taken off a soda ...

Hippos survived in icy Europe far longer than thought, revealing surprising warmth and resilience during Ice Age.

Hippos from Central Europe were assumed to have gone extinct around 115,000 years ago when the temperate conditions of the ...

New research reveals how the Earth might overcorrect for global warming. For a long time, scientists believed that the gradual breakdown of silicate rocks played the leading role in regulating Earth’s ...

European fossils display very low genetic diversity, indicating a small isolated herd marooned in the Upper Rhine Graben ...

The tourists stopped to spread picnic blankets at a scenic point overlooking the picturesque lake of Lough Tay in Ireland’s Wicklow Mountains. But the four scientists trekked on, climbing toward the ...