Tardigrades are tiny organisms capable of enduring harsh conditions by morphing into dehydrated balls and nearly halting their metabolisms. Researchers say they rely on naturally disordered CAHS ...

This survival strategy is primarily achieved through a process called anhydrobiosis, where tardigrades enter a reversible ametabolic state during dehydration. Recent research has focused on ...

Tardigrades enter a form of hibernation called biostasis when they are stressed The proteins that make biostasis possible slowed human cells way down, too Scientists suspect they can use ...

In this “freeze-dried,” dormant state, the tardigrades retract their heads and eight claw-fitted legs to resemble a microscopic peppercorn. They can survive like this for decades and only reanimate ...

Scientists at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy examined how Acutuncus antarcticus, a tardigrade species native to the Antarctic, would react to climate change–associated stressors ...