A group of scientists just revived 13 prehistoric viruses that had been preserved beneath the Siberian permafrost.

Researchers in Siberia are trying to learn more about a baby mammoth whose nearly intact remains were found in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years. According to Reuters, the animal was ...

The scientists found that the thawing permafrost posed an increased risk of exposure to infectious diseases and release of contaminants, and interruptions of supply routes. In an interdisciplinary ...

YAKUTSK, Russia, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than ...

"Arctic research will remain in limbo as long as current geopolitical tensions between Russia and other Arctic Council member ...

The vast frozen terrain of Arctic permafrost thawed several times in North America within the past 1 million years when the world's climate was not much warmer than today, researchers from the United ...

It is found in high-latitude ... and management resources." Thawing permafrost alters soil stability and nutrient availability, impacting local plant species and animal habitats.