When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Traveling by snail may not sound like the quickest way to get around, but it's faster than ...

The next time you're fidgeting in an uncomfortable seat on a crowded train or airplane and wishing for a better way to travel, be grateful that you aren't a tardigrade. For these near-microscopic ...

Tardigrades may hitch-hike on passing snails to travel relatively long distances, according to laboratory studies. Sometimes called water bears, tardigrades can survive extreme environments in a dried ...

If you haven't heard of a tardigrade before, prepare to be wowed. These clumsy, eight-legged creatures, nicknamed water bears, are about half a millimeter long and can survive practically anything: ...