An ancient zombie virus has been revived after being frozen for almost 50,000 years. The virus was found along with six others in the Siberian permafrost. The youngest frozen virus clocked in at ...

A chunk of permafrost on rocky substrate melts. Locked away in frigid Arctic soils and riverbeds is a world teeming with ancient microbes. Bacteria and viruses that existed thousands of years ago are ...

Scientists revived a 48,500-year-old "zombie" virus from permafrost and found it to be infectious. The virus was tested on amoebas but could indicate more dangerous viruses are lurking in permafrost.

The melting Arctic permafrost could unleash ancient zombie viruses and trigger a catastrophic global health emergency, concerned scientists say. “We now face a tangible threat and we need to be ...

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered two new species of parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back approximately 99 million years. The fossilized entomopathogenic fungi ...

Ancient “zombie viruses” frozen in melting Arctic permafrost could fuel a new pandemic if unleashed by climate change, scientists have warned. Global heating is enabling increased human activity in ...

Ancient microbes frozen for thousands of years in Siberia's permafrost are thawing, researchers have warned - and could pose a 'disastrous' threat to the human race. Virologist Jean-Michel Claverie ...