the Ice Age
noun
: the most recent time in the past when a large part of the world was covered with ice
a valley formed during the Ice Age
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The compelling outdoor portion of the La Brea Tar Pits focuses on the Ice Age, with excellent family-friendly programming around climate change, extinct wildlife, excavations, and more.
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Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
New Pleistocene gardens at the Wilshire Boulevard entry and within the museum courtyard connect the landscape and ecology to the Ice Age history of the site.
—Marianne Love, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
During the Ice Age around 45,000 years ago, giant kangaroos in the Sthenurinae subfamily often grew over double the size of present-day marsupials.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026
For decades, one theory suggested glaciers carried the rocks from Wales or Scotland during the Ice Age.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
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Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
New Pleistocene gardens at the Wilshire Boulevard entry and within the museum courtyard connect the landscape and ecology to the Ice Age history of the site.
—Marianne Love, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
During the Ice Age around 45,000 years ago, giant kangaroos in the Sthenurinae subfamily often grew over double the size of present-day marsupials.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026
For decades, one theory suggested glaciers carried the rocks from Wales or Scotland during the Ice Age.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
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“The Ice Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Ice%20Age. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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