The payoffs are real: ancient biochemistry could spawn new drugs or enzymes that work in extreme cold. Yet each core sample ...

Scientists have found evidence that the Asian continent was free of permafrost all the way to its northerly coast with the ...

Frozen in Siberian permafrost, originally believed to be among the earliest domesticated dogs, the “Tumat Puppies” enthralled researchers and dog enthusiasts alike for more than ten years. However, a ...

A group of scientists just revived 13 prehistoric viruses that had been preserved beneath the Siberian permafrost. Researchers extracted samples from beneath a lake, from the wool of a mammoth ...

SCIENTISTS have discovered two 14,000-year-old mummified “puppies” with their fur still intact and food still in their stomachs. Hidden beneath deep layers of permafrost in ...

The permafrost in northwestern Siberia is unusual for its very high amounts of both ice and methane, he told CNN.

A buildup of methane and other fluids in open and closed "systems" in the permafrost could explain why strange, icy mounds sometimes erupt to form giant crater, researchers say.

Cave data shows the Arctic was permafrost-free when Earth was 4.5˚C warmer, hinting at what rising temperatures could bring.

An ancient cat was found almost perfectly preserved in Siberia's permafrost. Researchers found the mummy of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed cub in what is now Russia's northeastern Sakha Republic ...

A team of scientists has unveiled a baby mammoth that lay almost perfectly preserved for 50,000 years in the now-melting permafrost of eastern Siberia.

That’s one old kitty. Researchers have discovered the remains of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed tiger cub nearly perfectly preserved in Siberian permafrost, according to reports. The remains… ...

A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide. Since then more than 20 have formed, leaving scientists baffled and intrigued ...