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

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

The role of HERVs in human health and disease 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 ...

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 ...

During the past few years one of the most astonishing findings in the field of virology has been the realization that viruses that infect hosts from all three domains of life are often ...

Furthermore, each tissue sample also contained genetic material from at least one provirus that could still produce viral proteins. The fact that thousands of pieces of ancient viruses still exist in ...

A 6,000-year-old forest emerged from melting ice in Wyoming, revealing ancient climate shifts while warning of modern global ...

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.