Floscularia ringens is king of its castle. Brick by brick, this microscopic rotifer – or “wheel animal” – builds the tube it inhabits. To make its home, the rotifer gathers organic debris from the ...

Russian researchers have pulled off a feat that sounds closer to science fiction than standard lab work, reviving microscopic “zombie worms” that had been locked in Arctic ice for roughly 24,000 years ...

Imagine a world where life pauses for tens of thousands of years, only to resume as if no time had passed - much like Captain America waking up after 72 years. Scientists in Siberia have done just ...

Rotifers are multicellular, microscopic marine animals that live in soils and freshwater environments. They are transparent and can be easily grown in large numbers. As such, they have been used in ...

Much about tiny, swimming rotifers makes them ideal study subjects. Although barely visible to the naked eye, these transparent animals and their innards are readily viewed under a microscope. What’s ...