Tardigrades survive extreme heat, cold, radiation, and dehydrationThey enter cryptobiosis, halting life processes to endure harsh conditionsTheir res ...

Tardigrades are well-known for their amazing survival skills, and scientists are exploring whether some of those impressive abilities could help humans. A new study from the University of Wyoming ...

Tardigrade observed using a confocal fluorescent microscope. The tardigrade was overexposed to 5-MF, a cysteine selective fluorescent probe, that allows for visualization of internal organs.

The bombardment affected 2,801 tardigrade genes associated with DNA repair, cell division, hormone metabolism and immune responses, according to a paper published Oct. 25 in the journal Science.

Tardigrade aka “water bears” can withstand an incredible amount of radiation. In 1963, researchers first discovered that they can survive 1,400 times more intense radiation than humans are ...

Although tardigrades go through cycles of dehydration in the wild quite frequently, around 60 percent died during the process, but the team hope to get that number down with adjustments.

Tardigrades are able to make themselves at home in the most extreme biomes on planet Earth — and beyond. The microscopic, eight-legged little beasties have made homes of mountaintops, moss, sand ...

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 ...

There are only four known tardigrade fossils. All are preserved in amber, including two inside a pebble that was found in Canada in 1940 and dates from 84 million to 72 million years ago. One of ...

Proteins found in tiny, indestructible tardigrades could potentially be a key ingredient in slowing the aging process in humans, scientists claim. However, it will take more work to show these ...