While the great pyramids were being erected, they slumbered. The Roman Empire came and went, and they carried on napping. In fact, they slept through all recorded human history. They’re a group of ...

Worms are on the move, and people are nervous. That’s because they’re taking over territory in the Far North that’s been wormless since the last ice age. Scientists say the expansion will inevitably ...

A legal fight in Norway over snow crabs could end up having big implications for access to oil in the Arctic. This week Norway’s Supreme Court is hearing a case about whether Latvian trawlers are able ...

Deep beneath the ice-encrusted Arctic seas near the North Pole, atop an inactive deep-sea volcano, a community of sea sponges has survived for centuries by eating the fossils of ancient extinct worms.

Scientists have discovered a worm that managed to stretch its short life expectancy — by tens of thousands of years. A tiny roundworm was revived after it was frozen in Siberian permafrost 46,000 ...

Researchers revived 46,000-year-old worms found in the Siberian permafrost, according to a new study. Photo from the journal PLOS Genetics While the great pyramids were being erected, they slumbered.

A legal fight in Norway over snow crabs could end up having big implications for access to oil in the Arctic. A legal fight in Norway over snow crabs could end up having big implications for access to ...