Outbound · the real web of water bears
Sources, not a bibliography cosplay.
Start here when you want a primary page, a community, or a search box. We list Wikipedia, specialist hubs, Reddit, YouTube, iNaturalist, and literature that actually exists. We do not mint fake DOIs.
Must-visit hubs
- Wikipedia · Tardigradeen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade — the best public map of the phylum
- Wikipedia · Tardigrades in spaceFlight list: FOTON-M3, STS-134, Beresheet
- mywaterbears.orgEducation and extraction-minded tardigrade hub
- water-bears.comIndependent tardigrade site; visit alongside this hub
- Reddit · r/tardigradesIdentification help, scope photos, community
- iNaturalist · TardigradaObservations, maps, and the reminder that most “tardigrade” photos are moss
Video & search
- YouTube search · tardigradeyoutube.com/results?search_query=tardigrade
- YouTube search · tardigrade microscopeLive walkers beat CGI every time
- YouTube search · Bob Goldstein tardigradeLab footage of Hypsibius development and walking
- YouTube search · FOTON-M3 tardigradeMission context for the 2007 flight
Literature we actually named on this site
- Jönsson et al. 2008 · Current BiologyTardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit — FOTON-M3 / TARDIS
- Hashimoto et al. 2016 · Nature CommunicationsRamazzottius varieornatus genome and Dsup
- Yoshida et al. 2017 · PLOS BiologyComparative genomics of H. dujardini / H. exemplaris and R. varieornatus
- Gąsiorek et al. 2018 · ZootaxaRedescription and Hypsibius exemplaris
- Boothby et al. 2017 · Molecular CellIntrinsically disordered proteins and desiccation (CAHS)
- Chavez et al. 2019 · eLifeDsup binds nucleosomes and protects DNA from hydroxyl radicals
- Rizzo et al. · TARDIKISSSpace flight effects on antioxidant molecules in dry tardigrades (STS-134)
Taxonomy, labs, museums
- WoRMS · TardigradaMarine species database entry for the phylum
- ITIS · TardigradaIntegrated Taxonomic Information System
- NCBI Taxonomy · TardigradaIncluding Hypsibius exemplaris Z151 assemblies
- Goldstein lab · tardigradesUNC Chapel Hill tardigrade development pages
- Encyclopedia of Life · TardigradaAggregated taxon page
- Wikimedia Commons · TardigradaWhere this site’s photographs come from
- ESAFOTON / Biopan mission context
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