The frozen Siberian rotifers aren’t the record holders for the oldest multicellular creatures to be brought back from the dead, though.Gizmodo reports that nematode worms dated to at least ...

Bdelloid rotifers typically live in watery environments ... apart from a thin layer near the surface – were about 24,000 years old. Long-dead but well-preserved mammals, including extinct ...

A microscopic animal has come back to life and successfully reproduced after being frozen for 24,000 years, according to a study published by Russian scientists on Monday. Bdelloid rotifers, are ...

or from filling up with dead plant matter. They are so good at this that some fish owners and even aquarium staff use rotifers to help clean the water in tanks containing fish and other aquatic ...

All the rotifers were dead at the end of four minutes. In one specimen observed, addition of 0.01 c.c. of the filtrate caused retraction of the ciliary wreath, and some slowing of bodily movement ...

Rotifers are microscopic freshwater-dwelling multicellular organisms. They're already known to withstand freezing (even in liquid nitrogen), boiling, desiccation, and radiation, and the group has ...

No, it’s not a strange new superhero. It’s a microscopic worm called a rotifer that was brought back to life after spending about 25,000 years locked in the arctic permafrost. Its tale is told ...

Bdelloid rotifers are multicellular animals so small you need a microscope to see them. Despite their size, they're known for being tough, capable of surviving through drying, freezing ...

Animals too migrate to escape danger but one group – the pond-living bdelloid rotifers – have taken this game of hide-and-seek to an extreme. If they are threatened by parasitic fungi ...