Scientists at the University of Miami warn that the world's oceans are teeming with 'giant viruses', also known as giruses.

Humans freezing themselves for another chance at life is happening in Australia and overseas right now. Thousands more have ...

However, some organisms are capable of suspending their ... published as a paper titled "A novel nematode species from the Siberian permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival ...

Microbes are more powerful than we thought. These tiny organisms are now being recognized for their vital role in reducing ...

In a laboratory in Dallas, Texas, researchers at Colossal Biosciences have taken a striking step toward reviving one of the Earth’s most iconic lost creatures: the woolly mammoth. Using advanced ...

This year marks the opening of the United Nations Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences, an international initiative ...

High temperatures are already causing the permanently frozen ground, known as permafrost, to thaw. The carbon contained in this soil is then released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide or ...

Take a look at the Gameplay Trailer for Permafrost, a third-person action-adventure RPG developed by SpaceRocket Games. Players will embark on a frigid journey to make use of deep survival ...

Now, though, I’m working on the game’s next major update called Permafrost. It features a new absolutely massive new location the Athenium of Thousand Names. Snow-covered mountains ...

Melting ground has caused trees to tilt or fall. "Because permafrost melts, it causes a lot of erosion," says James, who lives in Arctic Village, a small Native American village in northeastern ...

As permafrost laced with buried ice thaws, the ground collapses, forming craters or lakes. This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sergey Zimov, right ...