The frozen layers of Earth’s permafrost have long been a mystery, hiding secrets from thousands of years ago. Climate change, ...

As global temperatures rise and climate change accelerates glaciers and permafrost are melting at unprecedented rates. While ...

Scientists have been able to revive 33 types of ancient viruses, which are thought to have been frozen in the ice of the Guliya ice cap in the Tibetan Plateau 15,000 years ago. Of those ...

Fragments of ancient viruses buried in the genomes of mammals and other vertebrates typically lay dormant but can awaken in immune-compromised mice and may cause cancers, according to a new study ...

"We'd be nowhere on HIV if there hadn't been years studying these weird mouse viruses," says David Sanders, associate professor, Markey Center for Structural Biology, Purdue University department of ...

A curious connection between an ancient supernova and virus diversification in one of Earth's biggest lakes means that crazy ...

Pandemics over the course of evolution have led to the integration of viruses into our genome. Westend61via Getty Images ...

DNA from ancient viruses may be important for growth of embryo in womb, study suggests Cell plasticity refers to how cells can change their identity and function in response to changes in environment.

"Dr. Nixon’s discoveries reshape our understanding of how the DNA residue deposited by ancient viruses into the human confers some people with natural resistance to HIV," said Kevin J.

The fact that thousands of pieces of ancient viruses still exist in the human genome and can even create protein has drawn a considerable amount of attention from researchers, particularly since ...