It thawed out — and then it multiplied. Scientists successfully revived a “zombie worm” that had been frozen for 24,000 years ...

Scientists revived a 24,000-year-old microscopic organism frozen in Siberian permafrost, offering new insights into how life ...

The permafrost formation, called Yedoma, kept the rotifer frozen solid at around -20 degrees C for the entire period.

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

Photosynthetic bacteria helped shape planet Earth. Among them are cyanobacteria that produced the oxygen in the atmosphere ...

Scientists have recovered a 24,000-year-old worm-like creature called a rotifer from a sample of permafrost, as the Indian ...

Mathematical model: The study shows that multicellularity can evolve without direct benefits over unicellular ancestors. In ...

Soccer moves as a universal language across borders and identities, yet what reaches the viewer is never accidental. Inside ...

Dr Peter Verheyen, Sola Society and Academy at Vienna University, discusses intriguing research and discoveries related to ...

Life moves in mysterious ways—and perhaps especially so for organisms that undergo dramatic shifts in levels of ...

One of the most fundamental questions in biology is how a single fertilized egg produces the diverse cell types making up the body – from neurons and skin to muscle and blood – that bear the same ...