Tardigrades, often called the “water bears” or “moss piglets,” are starting to reveal more secrets about their ability to survive extreme conditions that humans can’t, according to a new ...

A black bear can be 8 feet long and weigh 500 pounds, but a water bear is microscopic, with no weight established as far as I know. It’s hard to imagine how to weigh them.

Colorful Image Lights Up Microscopic Guts of ‘Water Bear’ Biologist Tagide deCarvalho created this award-winning image of the tardigrade using fluorescent stains . Nora McGreevy - Correspondent.

A microscopic, water-dwelling creature will be the last survivor should Earth experience an apocalyptic event, according to a new study that found the tiny animals will survive until the sun dies.

Molecular sensor enables water bear hardiness by triggering dormancy, study finds. Tardigrades—hardy, microscopic animals commonly known as "water bears"—use a molecular sensor that detects ...

Tiny animal, big grant. The microscopic tardigrade – or “water bear” – is at the center of a $600,000 grant Baker University has received from the National Science Foundation.

Here are some microscopic images of the new water bear: Yes, tardigrades are adorable, but it’s their extraordinary resilience that has piqued researchers’ interest. Water bears can survive ...

Spencer Debenport, a plant pathologist at Ohio State University, sports a tattoo of a tardigrade, a microscopic animal known as the water bear. “I have always loved microscopic critters, and ...

Microscopic water bears, also known as tardigrades, can withstand boiling, freezing, radiation, the vacuum of space and years of dehydration. Biologist Bob Goldstein of the University of North ...

It’s not often that a microscopic organism gains celebrity status, but that’s exactly what tardigrades have managed to accomplish. The tiny organisms, often called “water … ...

Tardigrades, often called the “water bears” or “moss piglets,” are starting to reveal more secrets about their ability to survive extreme conditions that humans can’t, according to a new ...