Scientists have revived a "zombie" virus they say spent nearly 50,000 years frozen in permafrost, part of a new batch of research that identifies several newly discovered viruses that have been frozen ...

Thawing of frozen landscapes has the potentional to unleash infectious “zombie viruses” that have been locked underground for thousands of years, according to new research. One quarter of the Northern ...

Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and ...

If you’ve been on social media recently, you’ve probably seen headlines and posts about a so-called “zombie” virus revived from permafrost, or ground that constantly stays frozen, after nearly 50,000 ...

International scientists are warning that the irreversible thawing of permafrost due to climate change could lead to a new public health threat. In an article posted to the preprint repository bioRxiv ...

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 ...

Researchers say that thawing Siberian permafrost has exposed "zombie" viruses that have been trapped for centuries beneath the layer of frozen ground and water. According to researchers, 13 previously ...