Never-before-seen worm resurrected after spending 46,000 years frozen under the ice in Siberia
An international team of scientists has managed to bring a nematode back to life after spending some 46,000 years, from the Pleistocene, frozen under the Siberian permafrost. The worm, which was 40 meters below the surface, is a new species to science. Some animals, such as the ultra-hardy tardigrades (they live without water for decades … Read more