Imagine a creature so tough that it can survive boiling heat, freezing cold, crushing pressure, and even the vacuum of outer space. No, this isn’t a sci-fi alien — it’s a real-life animal called the ...

Tardigrades - also known as “water bears” - are tiny, 8-legged organisms with a reputation for being nearly indestructible. They’ve survived boiling heat, freezing near absolute zero, radiation, and ...

Some animals, called extremophiles, can survive even the harshest conditions possible, like the inside of a volcano or even outer space.

Tardigrades were first discovered in 1773 by a German zoologist and pastor in a pond behind his church. Struck by their pudgy form, he dubbed them “water bears.” Jaime Jiménez was examining moss ...