25 h. ago Scientists launch search for hairy snail that’s been in UK since the ice age

A new initiative sees conservationists and citizen scientists uniting to protect London’s "charming little" German hairy snail.

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1 week ago Molecule recovered from woolly mammoth that died 39,000 years ago reveals secrets of the Ice Age

RNA, short for ribonucleic acid, is even more delicate than DNA

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1 week ago Dogs transformed from wolves during the Stone Age, study finds

Dogs developed stockier faces and shorter snouts shortly after the last Ice Age

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1 week ago The Gulf Stream is on the verge of COLLAPSING, scientists warn

Scientists have warned that the Gulf Stream is on the verge of collapsing - a disastrous event that could plunge the northern hemisphere into a new ice age.

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2 w. ago Iceland 'doomed' if Atlantic Ocean current collapses: Nation declares 'existential threat' from modern

A potential collapse of AMOC could trigger a modern-day ice age, with winter temperatures across Northern Europe plummeting to new cold extremes, bringing far more snow and ice.

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3 w. ago Ice Age Relic: Britain's rarest fish is thriving in Dumfries & Galloway loch

The reintroduction of the secretive species a quarter of a century ago seems to have been a huge success.

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