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• Tardigrades are hardy enough to survive large asteroid impacts and even supernova blasts. • Water bears have survived all five mass extinctions on Earth since they first evolved about half a billion ...

Tardigrades may hitch-hike on passing snails to travel relatively long distances, according to laboratory studies. Sometimes called water bears, tardigrades can survive extreme environments in a dried ...

If you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: ...

The study of tardigrade taxonomy and biodiversity has advanced considerably through the integration of morphological, molecular and ecological approaches. By combining high‐resolution imaging, ...