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 ...

A new study shows how simulated Mars dust affects tardigrades, offering insight into space farming and contamination risks.

New research has unraveled the mystery of how microscopic cilia coordinate to move and propel marine creatures through water. Cilia are tiny, hair-like protrusions found in many organisms, including ...

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 ...

Mono Lake is a beautiful but harsh environment, its salty and arsenic-laced water home to brine shrimp, alkali flies and little else. Scientists recently discovered an unsuspected resident, however, a ...

Tardigrades, or water bears, are remarkably resilient creatures known for surviving extreme conditions like space vacuum, freezing, and dehydration. Their survival is attributed to cryptobiosis, a ...

Barbara Westrem of Sequim paints her impressions of microscopic marine creatures during an adult drawing class on Wednesday at Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles. The class, “Through the Looking ...