For 24,000 years, tiny creatures lay dormant, entombed in the frozen depths of Siberia’s permafrost. These microscopic creatures, known as bdelloid rotifer, were in a suspended state between life and ...

Today, Earth is home to animals of all shapes and sizes, from nearly microscopic creatures like tardigrades to 80-foot-long (25 meters) blue whales. These organisms have arisen and evolved over ...

image: Artist’s imagination of two primordial eukaryotic organisms of the ‘Protosterol Biota’ on the ocean floor. Based on molecular fossils, organisms of the Protosterol Biota lived in the oceans ...

If you have ever swum in the ocean, you have probably accidentally swallowed a mouthful of seawater at one time or another. In a post on TikTok, biology professor Adolfo Sánchez-Blanco, aka ...

Microscopic water bears can enter a near-invincible 'tun' state when stressed, enabling them to survive in the harshest conditions — including the vacuum of space. Now we know how. When you purchase ...

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop receives funding from Natural Environment Research Council and the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs. If you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the sea, you ...

Christopher G. Wilson receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Reuben W. Nowell receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Tim ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Lurking in billion-year-old rock formations are microscopic creatures now called ...

Tony dives into the hidden world of tiny, sometimes microscopic creatures. Naturalist Tony Mills dives into the hidden world of tiny, sometimes microscopic creatures that live in freshwater and in ...

Scientists recorded video of tardigrades, or water bears, walking around on gel surfaces. The footage shows how these microscopic creatures with eight legs use their claws like grappling hooks. The ...