Scientists have revived 24,000-year-old bdelloid rotifer microworms. The rotifers were frozen in permafrost in a long-term cryptobiotic state. Lessons from these and other revived organisms could help ...

A microscopic organism that survived tens of thousands of years under ice may hold to secrets to cryo-preserving human tissue someday. This image shows a rotifer. (Credit: Michael Plewka) (CN) — Some ...

In news that’s a lot less sinister than it sounds, but no less exciting, Russian scientists have revived and cloned 24,000-year-old zombies. For this experiment, the scientists went to Siberia and ...

Some animals are microscopic, like the bdelloid rotifer. These multicellular animals are extremely tough, and can survive starvation, freezing, drying, and a lack of oxygen. Now, scientists have ...

Mother rotifer (Brachionus manjavacas) carrying four eggs (right) and newly-hatched daughter (left). Image of live rotifers acquired using polychromatic polarization and phase contrast. Disclaimer: ...