Flora and Fauna
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- Sipuncula
- Information on the classification of the peanut worms with a photograph of Phascolopsis gouldii.
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- Tardigrade
- Wikipedia article about water bears including their anatomy, evolution and adaptations to life in extreme environments.
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- And Water Bear it Is!
- Entry in the DNA and Diversity blog about Hypsibius dujardini, a species of tardigrade whose genome is being sequenced.
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- Creative Collaborations: Globe-Trotting for Tardigrades
- A story about a pair of American college students traveling to China to search for tardigrades for a Google Lunar X Prize team.
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- Moonstruck
- Two American college students looking for tardigrades in China to send to the moon, on a Google Lunar X Prize mission
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- Tardigrades
- Introduction, taxonomy of the tardigrade genera, and a description of Pseudobiotus megalonys. In German and English.
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- Tardigrades
- Movies, pictures, protocols and publications from a research laboratory at the University of North Carolina.
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- Tardigrades
- Research project by Brandon Shifflett on these interesting animals including their classification, habitat, adaptations, nutrition and reproduction.
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- ET enjoys the simple things in life
- A scientist considers the possibility of habitable worlds in the universe, the chances of them harbouring life, what aliens, if they exist, might be like, and how we might one day communicate with them across space and time. (May 20, 2013)
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- Unusual Creatures, Beautiful Sounds: Composer Michael Hearst's New Album
- An album of songs inspired by animals, including one song inspired by tardigrades. (June 07, 2012)
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- Nature Studies: We've lost touch with the tiny, microscopic things
- A newspaper article about a lost appreciation for microscopic organisms. (May 10, 2012)
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- Soil organisms: It's pretty vicious down there
- Conservancy scientist Sophie Parker dishes the dirt on soil organisms and why you should care. (February 08, 2011)
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- Behold the Mighty, Microscopic Water Bear
- A short video from NPR's Science Friday about tardigrade research. (January 23, 2009)
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- Tiny water bears become first creatures to survive in space
- Daily Mail story about tardigrades surviving a trip in open space (September 10, 2008)