Scientists fear that if ancient zombie viruses hidden in melting Arctic permafrost are released due to climate change, they might ignite a new global outbreak. Read more here.
Miners unearthed the tusk from an old streambed, about 40 feet (12.1 meters) deep, at the Freedom Mine near Beulah, North Dakota. The 45,000-acre (18,210-hectare) surface mine produces up to 16 million tons (14.5 million metric tons) of lignite coal per year.
The Florida man initially thought that the mammoth jaw was a log. Click to read more. Mammoths are known for their gargantuan size compared to modern elephants of today.
Ancient pathogens that escape from melting permafrost have real potential to damage microbial communities and might potentially threaten human health, according to a new study by Giovanni Strona of the European Commission Joint Research Center and colleagues, published July 27 in the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology.