The new findings could also explain how tardigrades survived major extinction events, including the "Great Dying," which wiped out around 90% of the planet's species around 250 million years ago. ...

Tardigrades, tiny, eight-legged creatures that look like alien bears, are tougher than any beast on Earth. These little guys can withstand massive amounts of radiation, nearly 1,000 times higher ...

Tardigrades are a class of microscopic animals with eight limbs and strange, alien-like behavior. William Miller, a leading tardigrade researcher at Baker University, says they are remarkably ...

One baby tardigrade had the confidence to hitch a ride on the back of one of its greatest predators — a microscopic worm called a nematode — in a video that won fifth place and $600 in Nikon's ...

Tardigrades, or water bears, thrive in some of Earth’s harshest environments. Now, researchers say they have unlocked the survival mechanism of the tiny creature.

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 ...

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 ...

Nine New Tardigrade Species Discovered Thanks to the Efforts of Danish Schoolchildren The budding scientists collected the tiny water bears in a massive citizen science project that involved ...