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 ...

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.
IFLScience

A Rotifer Got Buried In The Siberian Permafrost. 24,000 Years Later, It Came Back To Life.

Scientists thawed the ancient sample from the Alazeya River in northeastern Siberia, and to their surprise, the creature woke ...
The Cool Down on MSN

24,000-year-old zombie worm gets thawed, immediately starts reproducing

"Our report is the hardest proof as of today." ...
Indiatimes

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

Imagine a world where life pauses for tens of thousands of years, only to resume as if no time had passed - much like Captain America waking up after 72 years. Scientists in Siberia have done just ...
Scientific American

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 ...