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 ...

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 ...

Rotifers are multicellular, microscopic marine animals that live in soils and freshwater environments. They are transparent and can be easily grown in large numbers. As such, they have been used in ...

We promise this isn’t as sinister as it sounds: Russian scientists have revived and cloned 24,000-year-old zombies. For this experiment, the scientists went to Siberia and carved off a slice of ...