An annual hiking challenge is back this October, encouraging people to get outside and enjoy the fall colors along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail in Wisconsin. The Ice Age Trail Alliance's Mammoth ...

LOVELL — Falling 100 feet down into a dark cave is (almost) never a good thing. It is easy to imagine: a mountain lion sprinting after an antelope at 45 mph, both animals cresting a low rise. The ...

In a German cave, archaeologists uncovered Ice Age figurines carved from mammoth ivory. At 40,000 years old, the Vogelherd animals are among the world’s oldest examples of figurative art. Iran’s ...

A negative hand, one of the oldest types of imagery in the world, found in El Castillo. Negative hands were often made using a spit-painting technique in which someone would place their hand on the ...

In 1879, a landowner and amateur archaeologist named Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola ventured into a newly discovered cave system in northern Spain. Hoping to find prehistoric tools, he kept his eyes fixed ...

For decades, the dots, lines, and strange symbols painted alongside Ice Age animals baffled archaeologists. Now, a breakthrough by an amateur researcher may have solved the 20,000-year-old mystery.

A family outing at the Shoshone Ice Caves in Lincoln County, Idaho, took a frightening turn when a walkway bridge collapsed, sending several people into icy waters below.With a camera and selfie stick ...

BOISE, Idaho — A Labor Day family outing at the Shoshone Ice Cave took an unexpected turn when a walkway bridge inside the cave attraction collapsed during a tour, sending multiple people into icy ...

Shine a light deep inside Waribruk cave in southeastern Australia and the walls and ceiling sparkle. The spectacle is the result of geological processes spanning millions of years. First, underground ...