Tiny animals like oysters, mussels, zooplankton, and insect larvae filter debris and algae to keep lakes, rivers, and seas clear.

For 24,000 years, tiny creatures lay dormant, entombed in the frozen depths of Siberia’s permafrost. These microscopic creatures, known as bdelloid rotifer, were in a suspended state between life and ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have successfully revived microscopic frozen organisms in Siberian permafrost for 24,000 years. These ancient creatures, known as bdelloid rotifers, survived ...

Today, Earth is home to animals of all shapes and sizes, from nearly microscopic creatures like tardigrades to 80-foot-long (25 meters) blue whales. These organisms have arisen and evolved over ...

If you have ever swum in the ocean, you have probably accidentally swallowed a mouthful of seawater at one time or another. In a post on TikTok, biology professor Adolfo Sánchez-Blanco, aka ...

Tardigrades can survive in extreme environments, but a 2021 study showed they're not indestructible. Scientists found these creatures couldn't survive speeds above 2,000 mph when shot out of a gun.

Tony dives into the hidden world of tiny, sometimes microscopic creatures. Naturalist Tony Mills dives into the hidden world of tiny, sometimes microscopic creatures that live in freshwater and in ...

Microscopic water bears can enter a near-invincible 'tun' state when stressed, enabling them to survive in the harshest conditions — including the vacuum of space. Now we know how. When you purchase ...

Rebecca Totten, associate professor at the University of Alabama looks into the mud at the bottom of the Amundsen Sea in Antarctica. Totten, a micro-paleontologist studies microscopic fossils of sea ...

Abigail McQuatters-Gollop receives funding from Natural Environment Research Council and the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs. If you go to the beach and dip a bucket in the sea, you ...