Northeastern Naturalist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (2011), pp. 534-541 (8 pages) Tardigrada (water bear) is a phylum of microscopic animals commonly found n mosses, lichens, leaf litter, and freshwater. Over 200 ...

Vol. 13, Special Issue 5: Proceedings of the 5th Big Thicket Science Conference: Changing Landscapes and Changing Climate (2014), pp. 117-130 (14 pages) Fifty-one species make up the known tardigrade ...

• Tardigrades are hardy enough to survive large asteroid impacts and even supernova blasts. • Water bears have survived all five mass extinctions on Earth since they first evolved about half a billion ...