A baby tardigrade riding a nematode won $600 in Nikon's Small World in Motion Video Competition. Quinten Geldhof captured the video using a microscope and an iPhone. His setup cost under $1,000. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new technique has allowed researchers to tattoo patterns onto the tiny bodies of living tardigrades. Plus, the process sheds ...

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This tardigrade is sporting a new “tattoo” — represented in this magnified image by the highlighted dots, and visible in the inset image. If you haven’t heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be ...

Despite their diminutive size, tardigrades possess an extraordinary ability to withstand high levels of ionizing radiation, making them subjects of scientific research in exploring their incredible ...

A team of biologists affiliated with several institutions in China has learned more about the means by which tardigrades are able to withstand high doses of radiation. In their study, published in the ...

Detailed 3D images of the first tardigrade fossils ever discovered help scientists predict when tardigrades evolved their near-indestructibility — a trait that might have helped them survive multiple ...

Tardigrades, commonly known as water bears, exhibit an extraordinary capacity to withstand extreme desiccation by entering a state termed anhydrobiosis. In this ametabolic state, their cellular ...

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