While the scenario and the virus were completely fictitious, scientists warn the threat of 'zombie viruses' emerging from permafrost thawing due to climate change is very real.

Scientists have revived a "zombie" virus they say spent nearly 50,000 years frozen in permafrost, part of a new batch of research that identifies several newly discovered viruses that have been ...

Melting ice and thawing permafrost in the Arctic could release a deadly 'zombie virus' and start the next pandemic, scientists have warned. Pictured: Scientists walk over the thawing Greenland icecap.

The scientists found one virus that they estimated had been stranded under a lake more than 48,500 years ago, they said, ... 'Zombie' viruses are buried in the Arctic permafrost.

Scientists have revived a 'zombie' virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost. This is a computer-enhanced microphoto of Pithovirus sibericum that was isolated from a 30,000-year-old ...

If you’ve been on social media recently, you’ve probably seen headlines and posts about a so-called “zombie” virus revived from permafrost, or ground that constantly stays frozen, after ...

Stock image of a zombie in an office. Zombies are an established pillar of popular culture. shironosov/Getty Zombie Virus. Tara C. Smith is a professor in epidemiology at Kent State University of ...

If you’ve been on social media recently, you’ve probably seen headlines and posts about a so-called “zombie” virus revived from permafrost, or ground that constantly stays frozen, after nearly 50,000 ...

Scientists did revive a long-frozen zombie virus in Russia’s Siberian region. But it only infects a specific type of amoeba, not people. Scientists did revive a long-frozen zombie virus in Siberia.

Scientists did revive a long-frozen zombie virus in Russia’s Siberian region. But it only infects a specific type of amoeba, not people. Scientists did revive a long-frozen zombie virus in Siberia.

Scientists did revive a long-frozen zombie virus in Russia’s Siberian region. But it only infects a specific type of amoeba, not people. Scientists did revive a long-frozen zombie virus in Siberia.