This story appears in the October 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... a great shelter during the Ice Age. "Beautiful place for people to live. Sheltered. Permanent source of water ...

The world’s first saber-toothed cat mummy has been found in Siberia The world’s first saber-toothed cat mummy has been found in Siberia The Little Ice Age was brutal. How did people survive?

“The animals that depend on the edge of the sea ice for a living will be congregating there in the summer,” says marine ecologist Enric Sala, leader of the National Geographic Society’s Pris ...

As permafrost laced with buried ice thaws, the ground collapses, forming craters or lakes. This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National ... and Ice Age animal parts—bison jaws ...

The summer sea ice also supports a vast array of smaller animals and plants that underpin the survival of the larger animals. These animals are, in turn, very important to Inuit livelihoods and ...