This tardigrade is sporting a new “tattoo” — represented in this magnified image by the highlighted dots, and visible in the inset image. (Image Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2025, DOI: ...

One study in particular presented how the study of tardigrades could help address the challenges involved. The study was conducted by Isadora Arantes, a NASA ambassador and astronaut candidate ...

Guided by their teachers, nearly 30,000 Danish schoolchildren, ages 7 to 16, helped scientists from the Natural History Museum of Denmark catalog tiny, water-dwelling animals known as tardigrades ...

"We think the ways tardigrades have evolved to withstand extreme environments on this planet may also be what protects them against the stresses of spaceflight." Tardigrades, the ubiquitous ...

They found it had 14,701 genes, of which approximately 30% were unique to tardigrades. They then turned their attention to the effects of bombarding the creature's DNA with gamma rays—from low ...

Gregory Paulson/Getty Images 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 ...

Harvard researchers identified a new fossilized species of tardigrade — known as “water bears” — scientists reported in an Aug. 6 paper in “Communications Biology.” Researchers used ...

For scale, the animals’ claws are about one-tenth the width of a human hair. Because tardigrade anatomy has stayed largely consistent for millions of years, the new images of the claws contained ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Tardigrades are going under the knife. At least their genes are. A ...

A new species of marine tardigrade discovered from the southeast coast of Tamil Nadu has been named Batillipes chandrayaani after the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission by researchers at the Cochin ...

Tardigrades are well-known for their amazing survival skills, and scientists are exploring whether some of those impressive abilities could help humans. A new study from the University of Wyoming ...