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There’s a reason that people have given the tardigrade cute nicknames like “water bear” and “moss piglet.” If you’ve ever seen a tardigrade, odds are you thought it was cute as heck. But no matter how ...

The toughest animals in the world aren't bulky elephants, or cold-tolerant penguins, or even the famously durable cockroach. Instead, the champions of durability are endearing microscopic creatures ...

In the Animal Olympics event of Surviving Horrible Things, tardigrades would take home the gold, silver, and the bronze. These eight-legged, microscopic creatures — also known as "water bears" — are ...