Most living organisms break down instantly when exposed to outer space. With no oxygen, crushing radiation, and extreme ...

A microscopic organism that survived tens of thousands of years under ice may hold to secrets to cryo-preserving human tissue someday. This image shows a rotifer. (Credit: Michael Plewka) (CN) — Some ...

Scientists have revived 24,000-year-old bdelloid rotifer microworms. The rotifers were frozen in permafrost in a long-term cryptobiotic state. Lessons from these and other revived organisms could help ...

Some animals are microscopic, like the bdelloid rotifer. These multicellular animals are extremely tough, and can survive starvation, freezing, drying, and a lack of oxygen. Now, scientists have ...

A microscopic animal has come back to life and successfully reproduced after being frozen for 24,000 years, according to a study published by Russian scientists on Monday. Bdelloid rotifers, are known ...

Mother rotifer (Brachionus manjavacas) carrying four eggs (right) and newly-hatched daughter (left). Image of live rotifers acquired using polychromatic polarization and phase contrast. Disclaimer: ...

Rotifers are multicellular, microscopic marine animals that live in soils and freshwater environments. They are transparent and can be easily grown in large numbers. As such, they have been used in ...

Tardigrades might be the most well-known quasi-indestructible animals, but their incredible resilience is not exclusive. In a June 7 paper in Current Biology, researchers from the Soil Cryology Lab at ...

Bdelloid rotifers are multicellular animals so small you need a microscope to see them. Despite their size, they're known for being tough, capable of surviving through drying, freezing, starvation, ...