How to Use tardigrade in a Sentence

tardigrade

noun
  • But here, too, the tardigrade seems oddly prepared for life in space.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Of all the weird, tiny organisms out there, tardigrades might just be the cutest.
    — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 8 June 2023
  • But no governing body had a say in the tardigrade matter at all.
    — Loren Grush, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2019
  • At first, the researchers didn't even notice the tardigrade was trapped in the piece of amber.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The question now is, are those tardigrades able to survive on the lunar surface?
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 8 Aug. 2019
  • For good measure, extra tardigrades were stuck to tape that that was attached to the library.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Inside is a tardigrade, so well-preserved that its tiny claws are still visible.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
  • This would be catastrophic for many life-forms on the surface, but tardigrades would have a refuge.
    — National Geographic, 14 July 2017
  • Miller, who has studied and written about tardigrades, was not involved with this research.
    — Jenna Schnuer, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The latest study is also providing clues into how tardigrades came to be.
    — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 27 July 2017
  • Anything So what happened to the tardigrades that were travelling on the probe?
    — Laurent Palka, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Within it, were thousands of little tardigrades, stuck to the payload via special tape.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 8 Aug. 2019
  • In this state, tardigrades can survive for years, even decades, until conditions improve.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • But among the few survivors would likely be the microscopic tardigrade.
    — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 14 July 2017
  • The tape containing tardigrades was not used to attach the lunar library to the lander.
    — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2019
  • The book has my own daughters wanting to get some moss from our backyard under a microscope to hunt for their very own tardigrades.
    — Megan Gambino, Smithsonian, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Still, the researchers say there’s much more work to be done to understand how free radicals are working in tardigrades.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In the last few years, tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, have gotten a lot of attention for being tough.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Also known as water bears, tardigrades are tiny water-dwelling creatures famed for their resiliency.
    — National Geographic, 14 July 2017
  • When things get too dry or too cold, a tardigrade can lower its metabolism to nearly zero and go dormant for years.
    — Ashleigh Papp, Scientific American, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Seems weird that Starfleet would openly endorse finding more tardigrades to enslave them so their ships can hop around the galaxy.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Not wanting to sacrifice the tardigrade, Stamets took its place instead with the new serum, and survived a near brush with death.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Tardigrades are the most resilient animals known in existence.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Thousands of tardigrades were aboard the Beresheet lander that crashed on the Moon in 2019.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The species is part of a set of tardigrades known as hufelandi, which had not been identified anywhere in East Asia.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Under these forms of stress, tardigrades curl up into a temporary protective state of dormancy called a tun.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Under these forms of stress, tardigrades curl up into a temporary, protective state of dormancy called a tun.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2024
  • One of the more fascinating organisms in the microsphere is the common tardigrade!
    — Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
  • From snailfish to tardigrades, creatures that thrive in extreme climates inspire curiosity and awe.
    — Erin Douglass, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The tardigrade found to have this trait is called the Paramacrobiotus BLR strain.
    — Megan Marples, CNN, 19 Oct. 2020

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