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

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

It’s appropriate, at Halloween, to be learning about a creature nicknamed “the bone devourer” – which is honestly somehow less troubling than its proper name: the zombie worm. But the scariest thing ...

What happens when the ocean’s giants die? Despite their blubbery bodies, whales eventually sink to the bottom in what are called “whale falls,” becoming an essential source of food, nutrients and ...

In a scary movie, creatures that can’t always be seen often provide the biggest frights for characters and viewers alike. In deep-ocean research, the absence of one particular creature—the so-called ...

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