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Tardigrades

October 2020

  • The tardigrade Paramacrobiotus BLR glows blue when subjected to UV light.

    Tardigrades' latest superpower: a fluorescent protective shield

    Scientists identify species that appears to absorb potentially lethal UV radiation and emit blue light

August 2019

  • Tardigrade

    Tardigrades may have survived spacecraft crashing on moon

    Scientists believe the Beresheet’s unusual cargo may be alive and well on the moon

January 2019

  • tardigrade swimming in water

    The five
    Tiny but tough: the tardigrades

  • Electron microscope image of a tardigrade

    Antarctic expedition yields remains of tiny, ancient 'water bears'

July 2017

  • An illustration of a tardigrade.

    Tardigrades: Earth’s unlikely beacon of life that can survive a cosmic cataclysm

    Microscopic creatures reassure scientists complete eradication of life on the planet is extremely unlikely

June 2013

  • A faeroensis holotype habitus

    New to nature
    New to nature No 105: Austeruseus faroensis

    A survey of tardigrades on the Faroes has revealed the most species-rich fauna of the family Eohypsibiidae onEarth, writes Quentin Wheeler

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