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A New Way to See the Wonderfully Strange 'Water Bear'
August 27, 2024
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Aug. 27 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following news on Aug. 26, 2024:

By Diana Kenney

Few animals are as endearingly weird as tardigrades, also known as water bears - eight-legged, microscopic creatures that have gained somewhat of a cult fan base at the MBL and elsewhere.

Tardigrades are famously resilient, able to survive conditions of extreme temperature, ra . . .

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