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Video about 2015 "Life at the Limits" exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
Blog post about a short water bear zine by Chicago artist Alex Chitty
An interview with a conservation scientist discussing the strange organisms she finds in soil, from an online environmental news magazine.
Ten animals who played an indispensable role in paving the inter-planetary way to space.
Tardigrades section of the Encyclopedia of Life project
Wired Science story about tardigrades and other organisms on the Space Shuttle Endeavor's final mission.
San Diego Union-Tribune story about a company developing a storage process for biological samples, exploiting natural processes from tardigrades.
A newspaper article about a lost appreciation for microscopic organisms.
Instructions for making a crochet water bear, with some photos.
Blog post with a photo of a water bear
Conservancy scientist Sophie Parker dishes the dirt on soil organisms and why you should care.
Entry in the DNA and Diversity blog about Hypsibius dujardini, a species of tardigrade whose genome is being sequenced.
News from Popular Mechanics that a Russian spaceship that will visit one of Mars' moons will carry tardigrades and some other hardy organisms there and back
Wired story about 2008 space launch cargo, including tardigrades
A series in The Guardian focuses this time on a new tardigrade species
Nicknamed water bears and moss piglets, the tiny creatures called tardigrades are adorable under the laser scanning microscope. Plus they can survive in the vacuum of space.
Tips for finding your own water bears, and keeping them as pets.
Image of the day from EarthSky: a colorful tardigrade image produced by confocal microscopy.
Wired Science column about strange organisms features water bears.
Tardigrade images on Tumblr, some animated
A news story for kids about water bears
Julia loves water bears.
Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash and his students developed an inexpensive, paper microscope for seeing all sorts of things, including water bears.
Advancing the study of tardigrade biology while engaging and collaborating with the public.
Lesson plan on animals for grades K-1 includes a blank Know/Want to Know/Learned chart and a featured extension on tardigrades.
Image of a 3D-printed water bear and a link to a site to print your own.
A news article reporting the finding of a previously undiscovered species of tardigrade.
Story about surprising aspects of nature, with photographs.
A short article from the New York Times on a new discovery about how water bears survive high levels of radiation
How a few scientists made gummy water bears using a silicone candy mold custom made from their 3D-printed plastic mold.
Washington Post article about research groups disputing how much foreign DNA is in a tardigrade genome
Article from Microscopy UK, illustrated with still images and video clips.
Illustrated method for finding terrestrial tardigrades, an article from the Microscopy UK web magazine.
A tardigrade from Scotland, Isohypsibius annulatus, described in Microscopy UK's online magazine.
Introduction, taxonomy of the tardigrade genera, and a description of Pseudobiotus megalonys. In German and English.
Movies, pictures, protocols and publications from a research laboratory at the University of North Carolina.
Current research on tardigrades compiled by two researchers.
A newspaper article about tardigrades from the Herald Tribune of Southwest Florida.
TARDIS, a research project evaluating the ability of tardigrades to survive in open space conditions.
News entry in the Boing Boing blog about tardigrades in space.
A New York Times article about a student who, as an eighth grader, studied whether power plants affect local tardigrade diversity
A short video from NPR's Science Friday about tardigrade research.
News article reporting that tardigrades exposed to the harsh combination of low pressure and intense radiation found in space, have survived and reproduced.
Daily Mail story about tardigrades surviving a trip in open space
Blog post explaining a theory that microorganisms, including many tardigrades, disperse around the world.
Wired Science story about an experiment sending organisms to a Martian moon, and then back to Earth.
A monthly web magazine, video clips, and images.
Wikipedia article about water bears including their anatomy, evolution and adaptations to life in extreme environments.
A blog post about animals and microbes that can survive extremes.
Two American college students looking for tardigrades in China to send to the moon, on a Google Lunar X Prize mission
