Some animals are microscopic, like the bdelloid rotifer. These multicellular animals are extremely tough, and can survive starvation, freezing, drying, and a lack of oxygen. Now, scientists have ...

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 ...

Scientists have revived 24,000-year-old bdelloid rotifer microworms. The rotifers were frozen in permafrost in a long-term cryptobiotic state. Lessons from these and other revived organisms could help ...

Mother rotifer (Brachionus manjavacas) carrying four eggs (right) and newly-hatched daughter (left). Image of live rotifers acquired using polychromatic polarization and phase contrast. Disclaimer: ...