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Tardigrades - http://pathfinderscience.net/tardigrades/
Provides background information and guidelines for using the animals in a student research project. |
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Tardigrades (Water Bears) - http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/tardigrade/
Describes the creature's anatomy, reproduction methods, food sources, habitats, and the response to extreme environments. Includes photos and resource links. |
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Tardigrades - http://www.baertierchen.de/main_engl.html
A monthly web magazine, video clips, and images. |
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Hunting for 'Bears' in the Backyard - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay99/dwbear.html
Illustrated method for finding terrestrial tardigrades, an article from the Microscopy UK web magazine. |
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'Water Bears' are First Animal to Survive Vacuum of Space - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14690
News article reporting that tardigrades exposed to the harsh combination of low pressure and intense radiation found in space, have survived and reproduced. |
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Deep-Freeze - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,816378,00.html
A Time Magazine article that mentions Abbe Spallanzani, who discovered tardigrades in 1776, approaching the French philosopher Voltaire to ask about the soul of organisms that can be rehydrated and brought back to life. |
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The Incredible Water Bear - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/mmbearp.html
Article from Microscopy UK, illustrated with still images and video clips. |
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Phylum Tardigrada - http://www.rtis.com/nat/user/elsberry/taxa/tardigra.html
A thorough outline of the biology of the tardigrades, including their features, life cycle, classification and ecology. |
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Behold the Mighty, Microscopic Water Bear - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99800021
A short video from NPR's Science Friday about tardigrade research. |
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Marine Tardigrada - http://homepage3.nifty.com/cxj11255/tardigrada/
Taxonomical list of marine species, publications containing the original species descriptions, and some images. |
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Tardigrades - Bears of the Moss - http://www.emporia.edu/ksn/v43n3-may1997/
An article from the Kansas School Naturalist features information about the habitat, anatomy, physiology, and special adaptations to extreme weather. Also, describes how to collect and study samples. Includes photos and diagrams. |
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World's Hardiest Organisms to Face 3 Years in Space - http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4295922.html
News from Popular Mechanics that a Russian spaceship that will visit one of Mars' moons will carry tardigrades and some other hardy organisms there and back |
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Tardigrades - http://www.tardigrades.de/
Introduction, taxonomy of the tardigrade genera, and a description of Pseudobiotus megalonys. In German and English. |
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Tardigrades - http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/shifflet_bran/
Research project by Brandon Shifflett on these interesting animals including their classification, habitat, adaptations, nutrition and reproduction. |
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Tiny water bears become first creatures to survive in space - http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1054351/Tiny-water-bears-creatures-survive-space.html
Daily Mail story about tardigrades surviving a trip in open space |
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Do microorganisms have biogeography? - http://biogeography.blogspot.com/2008/08/do-microorganisms-have-biogeography.html
Blog post explaining a theory that microorganisms, including many tardigrades, disperse around the world. |
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Hardy Li'l Critters will be First Tested in Open Space - http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/26/hardy-lil-critters-w.html
News entry in the Boing Boing blog about tardigrades in space. |
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A Tardigrade from Scotland - http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug00/ellstard.html
A tardigrade from Scotland, Isohypsibius annulatus, described in Microscopy UK's online magazine. |
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And Water Bear it Is! - http://www.scientificblogging.com/dna_and_diversity/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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Can Life Survive Deep Space? Let’s Send It There! - http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/can-life-survive-deep-space-lets-send-it-there/
Wired Science story about an experiment sending organisms to a Martian moon, and then back to Earth. |
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Tardigrades - http://www.nrm.se/theswedishmuseumofnaturalhistory/researchandcollections/zoology/invertebratezoology/factsoninvertebrates/tardigrada.4.5fdc727f10d795b1c6e800010932.html
Research on this group at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Includes image gallery. |
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A Science Prodigy in an Unlikely Place - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/09Rintel.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=e08a545196e373ba&ex=1362718800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
A New York Times article about a student who, as an eighth grader, studied whether power plants affect local tardigrade diversity |
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Genome Sequencing Project - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=genomeprj&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Overview&list_uids=20345
A tardigrade genome sequencing project, launched in 2007. |
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Tardigrade Discussion List - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/tardigrada.html
Archives of a discussion list about water bear biology that was active from 2000 to 2006. |
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Nature's Secrets: What is the Most Common Species in Southwest Florida? - http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050911/COLUMNIST18/509110849
A newspaper article about tardigrades from the Herald Tribune of Southwest Florida. |