Ice fragment vaguely shaped like a Tardigrade. You might not see it, but I do. And what is "alt text" for, if not to help other people see what can be seen by some people and not by others? That is what I am telling myself anyway. Watermark identifying photographer as Geneviève Laurin.

"Ice, ice, Tardi"
I spy, with my little eye, an ice Tardigrade!
I know, I have a vivid imagination. But honestly, things are more fun that way!
#Ice #Spring #NaturalArt #SciArt #Tardigrades #Photography #PhotoHour

Tardigrades Eagerly Await the Great Nematode Migration In an almost unbelievable scene reminiscent of the famous salmon runs of the American West, where Brown Bears wait for an unsuspecting meal to leap into their mouths, I discovered something incredible last night while peering through my microscope. Tardigrades, also known as water bears, also apparently reenact this scene in miniature: Nematodes (aka roundworms) while wiggling and thrashing amid the wild waters of the Petri dish, thrust themselves into the air, and into the waiting claws and stylets of the hungry water bears. Of course, the scale of this natural wonder is minute, which is why it was only discovered recently, on this very April First. Image features a river rapids scene with two GIANT tardigrades waiting for similarly huge nematodes, which are wiggling out of the water. At the top there are large images of a nematode and a tardigrade.

I made an UNBELIEVABLE discovery while hunting for Tardigrades. Wow!

#tardigrades #checkthedate

Tap, tap, tap...it's been a minute, but I am at #ASB2026 and giving a talk this afternoon and have 3 students presenting posters. Check us out if you like learning about how tardigrades survive DNA damaging events. #tardigrades #Radiotolerance #DNAdamage

A green coloured tardigrade on the cover of “Tardigrades” by Ruth Owen

If you’ve never met a tardigrade, here’s your chance to find out all about them! With excellent electron microscope photos, fun facts, and illustrations that will engage students, this is a science book you need on your shelves.

#kidlit #sciencebooks #tardigrades 📚👍🏼
@pubspotlight.bsky.social

A thick tree branch with yellow, grey, and whiteish lichen growing on it.

A black bird with a reddish chest watches the photographer from a wire.

A black bird with a reddish chest watches the photographer from a tree.

The #crabapple #tree needed a bit of a pruning today. I was focused for most of the project! 😂 This #Robin came along to remind us that there were a few good apples left! #SmallBirdSaturday #HotStickSaturday #Lichen #Tardigrades #TreeLove #VT

And also playing the world's smallest violin! #Tardigrades

Water bears on Mars: Tardiguardians of the Galaxy?

#Tardiguardians #tardigrades

earthsky.org/space/water-...

Water bears on #Mars: Tardiguardians of the Galaxy? #tardigrades

Link for a fascinating article & photos: earthsky.org/space/water-...

Water bears on Mars: Wrinkly, kind of oval-shaped creature with no eyes and 6 stubby legs with claws.

You’ve probably heard of #tardigrades - better known as water bears. Now, a new study from researchers suggests they could one day help astronauts survive on Mars. Read how at: buff.ly/GDh3Gr1

📸 Terranaut/ Pixabay (Royalty Free).

Don't send Elon to Mars, send something useful, like Tardigrades.

#Mars #ElonMusk #Musk #Tardigrades #Terraforming #Panspermia #Space

Original post on mastodon.cosmicnation.co

🌟🦠 Tardigrades conquer Mars sim! Scientists test water bears in fake Martian soil, they slow & stop moving from toxic perchlorates, but revive with a simple water rinse. Clues for space life & planetary protection! Read more […]

One Simple Trick Could Help Tardigrades Survive in Martian Dirt Tardigrades are renowned for their exceptional survival skills, but one environment has been found to test them to the limit.

One Simple Trick Could Help #Tardigrades Survive in Martian Dirt

www.sciencealert.com/one-simple-t...

Water bear (Tardigrade) facts: 1. Water dwelling, eight-legged micro-animals 2. Their size is about 0.5 mm (0.02") 3. They can be found literally anywhere 4. Withstand temps from 1K to 420 K (-272°C to 150°C) 5. Withstand pressures from vacuum to bottom of oceans 6. Can live without food & water for 30+ years 7. Withstand 5000Gray of radiation (humans die at 5Gray) 8. Withstand environmental toxins 9. Born with all cells, cells don't divide, they just expand 10. Have existed for 530 million years. A microphoto of a water bear above

Missing is that #tardigrades can survive the vacuum of #space for up to 10 days.

Water bear don’t care about human extinction.

Nature’s most perfect creature!

Because of all that? Yes + it doesn’t think much = no drama

😃

#life #nature #pressure #radiation #toxins #heat #cold #water #food

What Do You Get When You Cross a Tardigrade with a Space Pioneer? What Do You Get When You Cross a Tardigrade with a Space Pioneer?: A little genetic engineering could help future space settlers survive the challenges of off-world living

What Do You Get When You Cross a Tardigrade with a Space Pioneer? #Science #Space #Astrobiology #Tardigrades #SpaceExploration

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The Unlikely Astronauts: What Earth’s Toughest Survivors Teach Us About the Possibility of Life Elsewhere 🦠 How Earth's extremophiles like tardigrades reshape our search for alien life on Mars, Europa & beyond. Discover astrobiology's new frontier.

🦠 Life can flourish in Earth’s most hostile corners. What does that resilience suggest about where life could persist beyond Earth? ✍️ Full exploration: tpc8.short.gy/mgHJjLGk

Perhaps the cosmos holds more tenacious possibilities than we expect.
#Astrobiology #Extremophiles #Space #Tardigrades #TPC8

a tardigrade is floating in the air with the words `` tardigrades are hard af '' . Alt: a tardigrade is floating in clear water with the words ``tardigrades are hard af'' .

Billions of wild creatures. 🤭

#Tardigrades #Bärtierchen #nature

#Tardigrades

Les #tardigrades sont particulièrement connus car ils auraient des pouvoirs de #super-héros. Mais sont-ils vraiment invincibles ? 💪

La vidéo explicative juste ici 👉 youtu.be/ISPdK9ZIX24

D'après l'article du Muséum : "Qu'est-ce qu'un tardigrade ?" www.mnhn.fr/fr/qu-est-ce...

Tardies are the best! Here’s one we found in roof gunk (building manager cleaned the gutters and saved some for me 🤣). In the longer version, you can hear my daughter and I squeee

#Tardigrades #MicroWorld

#masterCAH #masterFrance #ethologiefrance #arthropode #souris #mice #oiseaux #birds #bactérie #micro-organisme #tardigrades #bioconversion

#masterCAH #masterFrance #ethologiefrance #arthropode #souris #mice #oiseaux #birds #bactérie #micro-organisme #tardigrades #bioconversion

Don’t cha just want to poke its belly!

#Tardigrades Are #Microscopic, But Just Barely
Are Their Own #Phylum
Can Go Decades Without #Food or #Water
Perform Well Under #Pressure
Are the First #Animal Known to Survive in #Space
Are Resistant to #Radiation
Tardigrades Aren't Picky About #Temperature

A slideshow about tardigrades and how to find them

In happier news, I presented a “Lunch with a Naturalist” talk about #tardigrades at Wargo Nature Center. It was a blast, and I brought demonstration tardigrades with to show off.🔬

#mglit #bookreview TARDIGRADES: THE EARTH'S SMALLEST SUPERHEROES is at YABC!
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#nonfiction #informational #TARDIGRADES #waterbears

tiny survivors Tardigrades (water bears) have often appeared in my writing as an example of remarkable resilience under extreme conditions. Our shared history goes back to the German edition of Life on the Edge, which came out in 1997, and from there they spread into the pages of Astrobiology. I just noticed I even created a tag for them back in the 00s when they took up space travel. Since then, they even landed on the Moon. Surprisingly, however, I haven't had a full feature dedicated to them. As there have been several new developments in the field of tardigrade evolution, ecology and resilience accumulating in the last few months, and as I often use the first feature of the new year to describe "fantastic species", I felt the time had come to put the spotlight on tardigrades. In the process, I learned that apart from individual specimens surviving the most horrendous physical conditions one can imagine, their lineage has also survived the last three of the five big mass extinctions. Hence it isn't even a an exaggeration to call the feature: **Ultimate survivors** Current Biology Volume 35, Issue 1, 6 January 2025, Pages R1-R3 FREE access to full text and PDF download (will become open access one year after publication) See also my Mastodon thread where I highlighted all CB features of 2025. The thread for 2024 is here . Much about the distribution, ecology and physiology of tardigrades remains to be explored. (Photo: Frank Fox/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).) Update 7.4.2025: A tardigrade has just been voted Invertebrate of the Year!

Last year's feature about #tardigrades is now in the #OpenArchive. proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/01/tiny-survivors.h... #science #ecology #LifeOnTheEdge #astrobiology

Making my day with #tardigrades , then un-making it with a snake. Eurgh. #XmasLectures

A Tardigrade Christmas… …A Different Christmas Story… Blika lived in Mossland with her clone sestras, gathering and sucking the delicious juices of detritus and algae. Never in a hurry, she lumbered from frond…

It's a Tardigrade Christmas ... #Christmas #tardigrades #AliceinWonderland #LewisCarroll #mosspiglet #waterbear #ChristmasStory ninamunteanu.me/2017/12/29/a...

Some wheat biscuits, pale yellow and brown, in the shape of tardigrade organisms. They are coated with a light dusting of sugar

Tardigrade biscuits, as eaten yesterday at the Anglian Microscopy Group meeting, fit to celebrate an eight-legged solstice.
#solstice #Yule #tardigrades

A film advertised in the #cinema as being about #TableTennis, but on #TV as being about #ArmedRobbery is just as likely to be a documentary about #tardigrades.

Sadly, only the tardigrades interest me, so I won’t be bothering with #MartySupreme.

The best science images of 2025 — Nature’s picks The Sun’s fiery surface, a tattooed tardigrade, rare red lightning and more.

Want a break from the... everything? Here are some amazing science images, selected by Nature magazine, including a fake kidney, a solar-powered slug, and the obligatory adorable tardigrade.

https://flip.it/kQvCxN

#Photography #Science #Tardigrades #MicroscopicPhotography