Ice Age "Zombie Worm" Revived After 24,000 Years, Then Began Reproducing

The permafrost formation, called Yedoma, kept the rotifer frozen solid at around -20 degrees C for the entire period.

24,000-year-old frozen ‘zombie worm’ thawed by scientists — then it shockingly started reproducing

Scientists believe the Yedoma formation — an ice-rich, organic-laden permafrost formed during the Ice Age — helped sustain ...

Scientists revive ancient 24,000-year-old ‘zombie worm’ from Arctic ice — then it reproduced

Scientists revived a 24,000-year-old microscopic organism frozen in Siberian permafrost, offering new insights into how life ...

Meet the Ice Age survivor: The rotifer that cheated death for 24,000 years and started reproducing after coming back to life

Scientists in Siberia have revived a bdelloid rotifer, a microscopic animal, that had been frozen in permafrost for 24,000 ...
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The Tale of the Rotifer That Came Back to Life after 25,000 Years in an Icy Tomb

This podcast originally aired on August 17, 2021. Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American's Science, Quickly. I'm Karen Hopkin. What has one head, one foot and one heck of an origin story? No, it’s ...

A rotifer got buried in the Siberian permafrost. 24,000 years later, it came back to life

Astonishingly, scientists in Siberia revived microscopic rotifers from permafrost, dormant for nearly 24,000 years. These resilient creatures, found in ancient ice, not only survived but reproduced, ...