In the recent study, researchers dehydrated tardigrades to induce a cryptobiotic state—a sort of half-dead hibernation. They ...

At half a millimeter long (0.02 inches) tardigrades are so small they’re hard to see without a microscope. However, these ...

Tardigrades—tiny, water-dwelling creatures also known as “water bears”—are some of the toughest animals on Earth. They can ...

New ice lithography method enables creation of nanoscale patterns on living tardigrades, advancing integration of biological ...

Discover tardigrades, tiny 'water bears' famous for survival. Learn how they endure extreme cold, heat, and space by drying ...

Tardigrades, also known as water bears, are ideal subjects for this technique due to their remarkable survival abilities. These animals can endure extreme dehydration, freezing, radiation and even the ...

Since tardigrades are known for their extreme survival abilities — from boiling heat to the vacuum of space — adapting a ...

"Tardigrades form tuns by contracting their musculature and simultaneously expel water, which results in a decrease in overall volume," Derrick Kolling, chair of the department of chemistry at ...