Tardigrades are hardy microscopic creatures known for their ability to withstand extreme conditions. Water bears can go years without food or water and endure extreme radiation and temperatures. From ...

When blasted with ultraviolet radiation, a newly discovered species of tardigrade protects itself by glowing blue. “Tardigrades’ tolerance for stress is extraordinary,” says Sandeep Eswarappa, a ...

Tardigrades, the ubiquitous microscopic animals that resemble gummy bears with eight legs, are renowned for their ability to survive some of the harshest environmental conditions for decades without ...

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Tardigrades, which live on every continent on Earth, are also (maybe) living on the moon, following the crash of a lunar lander carrying thousands of the microscopic water bears. Did any of them ...

Nature's microscopic water bears can survive freezing, radiation and more. Now scientists have turned them into bullets to find their limits. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and ...

Tardigrades are some of nature’s toughest animals. Also known as water bears, the tiny creatures can withstand extreme conditions, like boiling hot temperatures, long periods of dehydration and even ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...