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Researchers at Russia's Soil Cryology Laboratory revived bdelloid rotifers from 24,000-year-old Siberian permafrost, which then reproduced asexually — the longest confirmed cryptobiosis survival for a multicellular animal at the time. A subsequent 2023 discovery of 46,000-year-old nematodes extended this record further, raising both extraordinary biotechnology possibilities for cryopreservation and unresolved questions about biosafety governance for ancient organisms emerging from thawing Arctic ice.