The Tumat Puppies, two permafrost-preserved Late Pleistocene canids, have been hypothesized to have been littermates and early domesticated dogs due to...
The 36,000-year-old frozen specimen from Yakutia belongs to Homotherium latidens, a species of scimitar-toothed cat that inhabited Eurasia during the Pliocene...
Precise radiocarbon dating indicates that Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, a species of soil nematode new to science, remained in cryptobiosis for about 46,000...
Nun cho ga is the most complete mummified mammoth found in North America.
Steppe mammoths. Image credit: Beth Zaiken / Centre for Palaeogenetics.
The near...
In a large-scale environmental DNA metagenomic study of ancient plant and mammal communities, an international team of researchers have analyzed 535 permafrost...
Microscopic multicellular animals called bdelloid rotifers are known for their ability to survive extremely low temperatures. They had been reported to...
In a new study published today in the journal Communications Biology, an international team of researchers radiocarbon-dated an exceptionally well-preserved...
An international team of scientists has isolated and sequenced RNA from the permafrost-preserved liver, cartilage and muscle tissue of a 14,300-year-old...
A perfectly preserved head of a large wolf has been unearthed from the melting permafrost in eastern Siberia.
The head of a Pleistocene wolf. Image credit:...
The saga of giant Acanthamoeba-infecting viruses started in 2003 with the discovery of Mimivirus. Two additional types of giant viruses have been discovered...
Thawing permafrost in the Artic and sub-Arctic regions will likely produce a gradual and prolonged release of large quantities of greenhouse gases spanning...
A team of scientists from France has discovered a new genus of giant virus in 30,000-year-old ice in the north-eastern Siberia, Russia, and managed to...
A new study, conducted by a large consortium involving more than 30 groups from the United States, Canada, Australia and European countries, provides a...
