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Videos

Tardigrade in Motion
A light micrograph is used to capture footage of the tiny tardigrade, or water bear....
Video: © Ruben Duro/Science Source
A tardigrade and a nematode
A young tardigrade fights to stay on the back of a nematode worm, one of its predators.
Video: © Quinten Geldhof. Reproduced by permission.

Images

The water bear
A scanning electron micrograph of a tardigrade, also known as a water bear. Tardigrades...
© Eye of Science/Science Source
Tardigrade anatomy infographic showing physical features and survival adaptations
An illustrated guide to tardigrade (water bear) anatomy, detailing its toothed mouth,...
© dottedhippo—iStock/Getty Images; Photo illustration: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Tardigrade (Macrobiotus)
Anthony F. Maciorowski