In a small Danish cemetery, a researcher hovers over a fallen tree covered by a rich green mat. She collects samples of ...

A model of a tardigrade at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Tardigrades turn out to be masters of molecular repair. Tardigrades are a reminder that even the smallest creatures can ...

Since the 1960s, scientists have known that the tiny tardigrade can withstand very intense radiation blasts 1,000 times stronger than what most other animals could endure. According to a new paper ...

An almost-microscopic creature that’s sturdy enough to survive the ravages of space may hold the key to human longevity, scientists have found in new research. In a new study led by the University of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The budding scientists collected the tiny water bears in a massive citizen science project that involved almost 30,000 participants Paulina Rowińska In a small Danish cemetery, a researcher hovers ...

If you haven’t heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: ...