frozen behaviour

  • Can human bodies really be cryogenically frozen?

    With Australia’s first cryogenics facility set to open this year, will human cryopreservation eve...

    It’s a story that has all the makings of a good science-fiction thriller – intrigue, an explosive romantic breakdown ...

    Biology September 16, 2021

  • Rotifers survive being frozen for 24,000 years

    In cryptobiosis for millenia, this microscopic beast is ready to reproduce.

    Resurrected and hardier than a tardigrade, rotifers are the new bad boy from the (ice) block. A new paper, publish...

    Animals June 8, 2021

  • Prehistoric flies trapped in amber

    Flies encased in amber while doing the deed.

    There’s bad days, and then there’s this. Around 41 million years ago, two prehistoric flies on the southern tip of Go...

    Animals April 8, 2020