Their appearance is amusing - and they’re extremely hardy. Tardigrades are microscopic creatures. Their lumbering gait ...

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

Imagine a creature so tough that it can survive boiling heat, freezing cold, crushing pressure, and even the vacuum of o ...

Tardigrades, like this one stained with a dye to show its internal organs, can survive extreme conditions while dormant. Scientists have discovered the chemical signal that causes the animals to ...

Tardigrades can survive in extremely hot temperatures, and you'll find them in some of Earth's most extreme environments like deep sea vents, hot springs, and mud volcanoes.

Some species of tardigrades are highly and unusually resilient to various extreme conditions fatal to most other forms of life. The genetic basis for these exceptional abilities remains elusive.

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Correction 25 June 2025 Tardigrade-obsessed: meet the researchers trying to turn water bears into neuroscience models For water-bear enthusiasts, it’s the creature’s legs that make it stand out.

L. Li et al. Multi-omics landscape and molecular basis of radiation tolerance in a tardigrade. Science. Vol. 386, October 25, 2024, eadl0799. doi: 10.1126/science.adl0799.

Scientists have come up with drugs that reduce this damage, but only to a degree. In search for a better option, the researchers drew inspiration from tardigrades and their incredible survival ...

The tardigrades would have to withstand a lack of water as well as temperatures ranging from -170 to -190°C (-274 to -310°F) during the lunar night and 100 to 120°C (212 to 248°F) during the day.