The budding scientists collected the tiny water bears in a massive citizen science project that involved almost 30,000 participants ...

Protein found in tardigrades shown to slow down human ageing - Findings also suggest tardigrade proteins can be used to ...

Scientists are just starting to understand the tardigrade. It can survive boiling water, outer space, and extreme radiation. Following is a transcript of the video. This funny looking little guy ...

Mouse cells tweaked to produce the tardigrade protein incurred less DNA damage than unaltered cells — hinting at a new tool for cancer patient care.

Tardigrades, or water bears, are microscopic animals with incredible survival skills—they can withstand extreme temperatures and the vacuum of space. They can also tolerate high doses of radiation.

They're cute. They're tough. They're microscopic. And apparently they're very coordinated. Tardigrades — the eight-legged, millimeter-long animals also known as "water bears" — are fun to look ...

Tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, are tiny but resilient microorganisms capable of surviving the harshest conditions such as severe drought, radiation, low oxygen ...

When the German zoologist Ephraim Goeze first recognized, described, and named the kleiner Wasserbär (“Little Waterbear”) in 1773, he could not yet have guessed that he had found the Chuck Norris of ...

1. Tardigrades are microscopic creatures with many nicknames. The name Tardigrade means “slow moving” and refers to their bear-like crawling movement. Their movement and appearance has also ...