tardigrades
Scientists Reveal How Tardigrades Can Survive Decades Without Water
Tardigrades can endure near complete dehydration, which is just one of their many superpowers.
Scientists Captured Footage of Tardigrades Walking Around And It's Adorable
Tardigrades, the smallest animals with legs, weirdly walk like creatures 500,000 times their size.
Scientists Shot Tardigrades from a Gun to See If Interplanetary Travel Is Survivable
Tardigrades can survive extreme conditions, and scientists wanted to know if they could survive the impact after a trip between planets.
Even Famously Tough Tardigrades May Struggle to Adapt to Climate Change
High temperatures "seem to be an Achilles heel" for otherwise resilient water bears, a study found.
Tardigrade Spill on the Moon Proves We Need Rules for Spreading Life Beyond Earth
Tardigrade mishap on the Moon sparks questions on if we should restrict unusual spacecraft payloads.
Dead Tardigrade Found Buried 3,200 feet-Deep in Antarctica Lake
Scientists found a carcass of the extremophile, microbial tardigrade a kilometer underground near an Antarctic lake.
Scientists Identify Gene That Protects Tardigrades From Radiation
They showed it could even work on human cells too...
After 30 Years of Cryosleep, Water Bears Wake Up, Stretch, and Have Babies
Another reason to love tardigrades, the unassuming badasses of animal kingdom.
A New Analysis Questions How Much Foreign DNA Tardigrades Actually Have
Two research groups sequencing the genome of the same species of ‘water bear’ report different results.
Newly Sequenced Tardigrade Genome Shows They’re Even Weirder Than We Thought
The tardigrade or "water bear" genome has a huge amount of foreign DNA.
Kombucha Bacteria Are Hitching a Ride on the International Space Station
Researchers want to see if the robust bacteria can survive space.