Water bears on Mars: Tardiguardians of the Galaxy?
Artist’s concept of a tardigrade, or water bear, floating in space. These creatures are small, about the size…
Scientists Finally Found Something Tardigrades Can’t Survive
Tardigrades are tiny, endearing, and practically invincible. As it turns out, however, not even tardigrades can survive the…
Tardigrades and water reveal potential for food growth on Mars
Tardigrades have a reputation for being nearly indestructible. These microscopic animals, often nicknamed water bears, can dry out…
Microscopic Animals Use Mitochondrial Signal to Survive Extreme Stress
A study by the department of chemistry investigated how tardigrades, nature’s apocalypse champions, survive osmotic stress. Evan Stair…
5 animals that don’t poop: The creatures that break the rules of digestion |
Defecation is commonly treated as a universal feature of animal life, a visible outcome of digestion and metabolic…
7 animals that are extremely hard to kill |
Some animals push the limits of survival in ways that almost defy biological expectation. They endure temperatures that…
Eight creatures most likely to survive a global catastrophe
When we imagine the end of the world, we often picture humanity scrambling for survival, but nature might…