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posted by chromas on Tuesday July 31 2018, @12:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the Worms,-Roxanne!-Worms! dept.

Worms Frozen for 42,000 Years in Siberian Permafrost Wriggle to Life

In Siberia, melting permafrost is releasing nematodes — microscopic worms that live in soil — that have been suspended in a deep freeze since the Pleistocene. Despite being frozen for tens of thousands of years, two species of these worms were successfully revived, scientists recently reported in a new study.

Their findings, published in the May 2018 issue of the journal Doklady Biological Sciences [DOI: 10.1134/S0012496618030079] [DX], represent the first evidence of multicellular organisms returning to life after a long-term slumber in Arctic permafrost, the researchers wrote.

Wikipedia entry on nematode.

Also at ScienceAlert, BGR, and Newsweek.


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:20AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 31 2018, @04:20AM (#715066)

    Now, they’re smaller.

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