Tardigrada

Nature's Secrets: What is the Most Common Species in Southwest Florida? - A newspaper article about tardigrades from the Herald Tribune of Southwest Florida. <small>(September 11, 2005)</small>
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050911/COLUMNIST18/509110849

Can Life Survive Deep Space? Let’s Send It There! - Wired Science story about an experiment sending organisms to a Martian moon, and then back to Earth. <small>(October 9, 2009)</small>
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/can-life-survive-deep-space-lets-send-it-there/

Behold the Mighty, Microscopic Water Bear - A short video from NPR's Science Friday about tardigrade research. <small>(January 23, 2009)</small>
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99800021

Hunting for 'Bears' in the Backyard - Illustrated method for finding terrestrial tardigrades, an article from the Microscopy UK web magazine. <small>(May 1, 1999)</small>
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay99/dwbear.html

Tardigrades - Movies, pictures, protocols and publications from a research laboratory at the University of North Carolina.
http://tardigrades.bio.unc.edu/

The Incredible Water Bear - Article from Microscopy UK, illustrated with still images and video clips. <small>(June 1, 2000)</small>
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun00/mmbearp.html

Deep-Freeze - 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. <small>(April 28, 1952)</small>
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,816378,00.html

Tardigrades (Water Bears) - Describes the creature's anatomy, reproduction methods, food sources, habitats, and the response to extreme environments. Includes photos and resource links.
http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/tardigrade/

A Science Prodigy in an Unlikely Place - A New York Times article about a student who, as an eighth grader, studied whether power plants affect local tardigrade diversity <small>(March 9, 2008)</small>
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/09Rintel.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=e08a545196e373ba&ex=1362718800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

World's Hardiest Organisms to Face 3 Years in Space - 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 <small>(January 1, 2009)</small>
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4295922.html

Tardigrade Newsletter - Current research on tardigrades compiled by two researchers.
http://www.tardigrada.net/

And Water Bear it Is! - Entry in the DNA and Diversity blog about Hypsibius dujardini, a species of tardigrade whose genome is being sequenced. <small>(January 31, 2008)</small>
http://www.scientificblogging.com/dna_and_diversity/and_water_bear_it_is

Tardigrades - A monthly web magazine, video clips, and images.
http://www.baertierchen.de/main_engl.html

A Tardigrade from Scotland - A tardigrade from Scotland, Isohypsibius annulatus, described in Microscopy UK's online magazine. <small>(August 1, 2000)</small>
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artaug00/ellstard.html

Tardigrades - Research project by Brandon Shifflett on these interesting animals including their classification, habitat, adaptations, nutrition and reproduction.
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/shifflet_bran/

Tardigrades in Space - TARDIS, a research project evaluating the ability of tardigrades to survive in open space conditions.
http://tardigradesinspace.blogspot.com/

Genome Sequencing Project - A tardigrade genome sequencing project, launched in 2007.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=genomeprj&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Overview&list_uids=20345

Tiny water bears become first creatures to survive in space - Daily Mail story about tardigrades surviving a trip in open space <small>(September 10, 2008)</small>
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1054351/Tiny-water-bears-creatures-survive-space.html

'Water Bears' are First Animal to Survive Vacuum of Space - News article reporting that tardigrades exposed to the harsh combination of low pressure and intense radiation found in space, have survived and reproduced. <small>(September 8, 2008)</small>
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14690

Do microorganisms have biogeography? - Blog post explaining a theory that microorganisms, including many tardigrades, disperse around the world.
http://biogeography.blogspot.com/2008/08/do-microorganisms-have-biogeography.html

Tardigrades - Research on this group at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Includes image gallery.
http://www.nrm.se/theswedishmuseumofnaturalhistory/researchandcollections/zoology/invertebratezoology/factsoninvertebrates/tardigrada.4.5fdc727f10d795b1c6e800010932.html

Water Bear: Echiniscis - Photographs and information on the organisms in this genus.
http://fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/water_bear.htm

Water Bears to Space Again - A team competing for the Google Lunar X Prize floats an idea in December 2009 for launching dessicated tardigrades into space, rehydrating them in space, and filming what happens.
http://www.xprize.org/lunar/teams/selene/blog/water-bears-to-space-again

Tardigrades - Bears of the Moss - 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. <small>(May 1, 1997)</small>
http://www.emporia.edu/ksn/v43n3-may1997/

Extreme Animals - Article discussing tardigrades and their ability to withstand hostile conditions.
http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/261/extreme-animals

Tardigrades - Provides background information and guidelines for using the animals in a student research project.
http://pathfinderscience.net/tardigrades/

Marine Tardigrada - Taxonomical list of marine species, publications containing the original species descriptions, and some images.
http://homepage3.nifty.com/cxj11255/tardigrada/

Top 10 Things Launched Into Space in 2008 - Wired story about 2008 space launch cargo, including tardigrades <small>(January 5, 2009)</small>
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/01/top-10-things-l.html

Tardigrade Discussion List - Archives of a discussion list about water bear biology that was active from 2000 to 2006.
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/tardigrada.html

Tardigrades - Introduction, taxonomy of the tardigrade genera, and a description of Pseudobiotus megalonys. In German and English.
http://www.tardigrades.de/

Hardy Li'l Critters will be First Tested in Open Space - News entry in the Boing Boing blog about tardigrades in space. <small>(September 26, 2007)</small>
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/26/hardy-lil-critters-w.html

Extreme Animals - An article from NASA's Astrobiology Magazine about the ability of tardigrades to survive extreme conditions. <small>(September 1, 2002)</small>
http://www.astrobio.net/news/article261.html