Researchers in Russia on Monday unveiled the remarkably well-preserved remains of a 50,000-year-old female baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the Yakutia region of Siberia. The remains of the ...

Researchers say that thawing Siberian permafrost has exposed “zombie” viruses that have been trapped for centuries beneath the layer of frozen ground and water. According to researchers, 13 previously ...

Deep beneath the Siberian permafrost, scientists revived a microscopic worm frozen in suspended animation for nearly 46,000 ...

When I told colleagues I was planning a trip to Siberia, they smirked and questioned, "On vacation?" But when I mentioned the idea to my Russian teacher, she grabbed my hand, fired off several "nyets" ...

If you’ve been on social media recently, you’ve probably seen headlines and posts about a so-called “zombie” virus revived from permafrost, or ground that constantly stays frozen, after nearly 50,000 ...

Scientists offered a new explanation for the huge craters that keep appearing in Siberia. These craters, first spotted in 2012, can be more than 160 feet deep and over 65 feet wide. They may be due to ...

Scientists say global warming is making extreme weather events like droughts, wildfires and floods more frequent and intense. — © AFP Patrick T. Fallon Scientists ...

When reindeer herders in Siberia spotted a small snout protruding from thawing ground, they were not expecting to uncover a ...

Russia’s leading scientists have debunked false claims by environmental activist groups and left-leaning media groups that global climate change is causing significant warming of the Siberian ...

There could be something big lurking in the Earth's permafrost. As the planet continues to warm, scientists fear a host of deadly diseases will be unleashed from the frozen earth, after lying dormant ...