What if the tiny but resilient tardigrades grew to the size of humans?

Milnesium tardigradum has just received a very unusual award - invertebrate of the year 2025! The contest was run by the Guardian newspaper, with readers putting forward more than 2,000 nominations ...

Tardigrades, or water bears ... Opossums employ a unique strategy to escape predators—playing dead. Known as thanatosis, this involuntary response causes the opossum to mimic the appearance and smell ...

This spiky exterior deters predators, while their unusual gait and ability to ... From the microscopic wonders like tardigrades to the vibrant alien-like appearance of Glaucus atlanticus, these ...

Sometimes they are monsters. In The Sentients of Orion books by Marianne de Pierres, the tardigrades, an invading species called the Saqr, are huge, genetically engineered predators that are shipped ...

The Nashville Predators (27-42-8) will host the New York Islanders (36-34-7) at Bridgestone Arena on Tuesday at 7 p.m. CT. The Predators are on a six-game losing streak and will be without coach ...

The Nashville Predators will have their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets broadcast as an animated program on NewsChannel 5. The animated broadcasts are powered by a combination of NHL EDGE ...

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 ...