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 ...

The oldest and longest record of nematodes revived after dried storage was for 39 years, which was reported in 1946. Another record reported on the revival and subsequent reproduction of nematodes ...

Tardigrades, or “water bears,” are renowned for their remarkable survival skills. But these microscopic creatures are far more indestructible than we thought. In a recent experiment, scientists in ...

• Tardigrades are hardy enough to survive large asteroid impacts and even supernova blasts. • Water bears have survived all five mass extinctions on Earth since they first evolved about half a billion ...

The new species of tardigrade, Macrobiotus shonaicus found in the moss of a Japanese parking lot. Stec et al., PLOS One 2018 Kazuharu Arakawa, a molecular biologist at Japan's Keio University, is in ...

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