In Romania’s Apuseni mountain range, one cave maintains a body of perennial ice, about the size of an apartament building.

Bacteria frozen for thousands of years could hold the key to developing new antibiotics, researchers have found.

Deep inside a Romanian ice cave, locked away in a 5,000-year-old layer of ice, scientists have uncovered a bacterium with a startling secret: it’s resistant to many modern antibiotics. Despite ...

Hold your breath, we have a new piece of danger for everyone out there. Read on to know how a 5,000 years ago frozen bacteria ...

In a cave in Romania, scientists found a bacterial strain entombed in ice that is resistant to 10 modern antibiotics. But it may also help fight superbugs.

Whether it’s the ocean’s deepest hydrothermal vents or tall mountain peaks, bacteria is likely surviving and thriving. Ice caves can host a wide variety of microorganisms and offer biologists a bevy ...

The next pandemic could come from an ancient underground ice cave, scientists have warned. Researchers from the Romanian Academy have discovered a bacterial strain that has been frozen in Romania's ...