Researchers analyzed the fossils using optical microscopes, looking both at the fungi and the insects they had infected. Then ...

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A piece of 99 million-year-old amber has revealed a shocking sight. It’s a fly with a zombie fungus growing from its head.

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body ...

Nonetheless, thousands of microscope images were successfully analyzed, bringing some exciting news. "We saw that SAR11 bacteria are under massive attack by phages," says Jan Brüwer.

A virus that can turn a raccoon into a “zombie” has been raging for years, with outbreaks reported in many parts of Canada. Here’s what to do if you encounter a raccoon with canine distemper ...

A decade ago, Jean-Michel Claverie, 73, thawed a gram of permafrost — permanently frozen soil in the Arctic — and managed to get a 30,000-year-old virus to revive and infect an amoeba. It was a ...

We put the natural world under a microscope and answer some curly questions about meteors, rogue waves and more. See all 21 stories. The year is 2023. The world is gripped by a pandemic.

Scientists have recently warned about the melting permafrost in the Arctic that holds the zombie virus. And, once unleashed, it may have deadly affect all across the globe.

'Zombie' Virus Which Spent 48,500 Years Frozen In Arctic Could Spark Deadly Pandemic, Warn Scientists The scientists stated that the melting Arctic permafrost could release the 'zombie viruses ...

Zombie Viruses Making A Comeback In light of the still ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, and the recent chaos created due to the Disease X advisory, these giant viruses are raising alarm bells ...