Rotifer recovering from week-long cryptobiosis in the lab. Credit: Lyubov Shmakova. For 24,000 years, tiny creatures lay dormant, entombed in the frozen depths of Siberia’s permafrost.

These microscopic creatures, known as bdelloid rotifer, were in a suspended state between life and death — until Russian scientists thawed them. As the microscopic animals “zombie” activated ...

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Some species of microscopic rotifers take reproductive dedication to another level. Their males are born without digestive systems, meaning they can’t eat at all. Their only purpose is to find a ...

These ancient creatures, known as bdelloid rotifers, survived in a state of cryptobiosis, halting all biological activity until conditions became favorable again. Once thawed, they not only ...

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