Microscopic water bears, also known as tardigrades, can withstand boiling, freezing, radiation, the vacuum of space and years of dehydration.... Behold The Mighty, Microscopic Water Bear Microscopic ...

Chinese military scientists believe the tardigrade’s cells improve a human's ability to withstand radiation and potentially other diseases. The scientists put this plan in motion, already placing the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Tardigrades are some of the toughest animals on the planet. These ...

James Weiss recently captured one of the first known recordings of a tardigrade threesome. The videographer also caught pairs of tardigrades mating for up to two hours at a time. The water bear ...

They’re found on Mount Everest, in the deep seas, aboard the International Space Station and thousands of them have even crash landed and been spilled onto the moon. The microscopic water bear has a ...

In our human culture, the idea of going days without food is almost unheard of, but many animals on our planet view things ...

The world’s most indestructible species, the tardigrade, an eight-legged micro-animal, also known as the water bear, will survive until the Sun dies, according to a new Harvard-Smithsonian Center for ...

They’ve been fired from a gas gun to test their candidacy for panspermia, are believed to have survived the Beresheet lunar probe's crash-landing on the Moon, can live without water, withstand ...

Hibernation is one of nature’s coolest adaptations, and it’s part of the survival playbook for a wide range of creatures, from primates such as lemurs to a host of reptiles, birds, and insects. The ...