Tardigrades are ubiquitous meiofauna that are especially renowned for their exceptional
extremotolerance to various adverse environments, including pressure, temperature, and …

Drying to equilibrium with the air kills nearly all animals and flowering plants, including
livestock and crops. This makes drought a key ecological problem for terrestrial life and a …

We revisit the hypothesis that there is life in the venusian clouds to propose a life cycle that
resolves the conundrum of how life can persist aloft for hundreds of millions to billions of …

Water is critical for the survival of most cells and organisms. Remarkably, a small number of
multicellular animals are able to survive nearly complete drying. The phenomenon of …

Drying to equilibrium with the air is lethal to most species of animals and plants, making
drought (ie, low external water potential) a central problem for terrestrial life and a major …

Robustness has been studied through the analysis of data sets, simulations, and a variety of
experimental techniques that each have their own limitations but together confirm the …

Given their dormancy capability (long-term resistant stages) and their ability to colonise and
reproduce, microscopic aquatic animals have been suggested having cosmopolitan …

Anhydrobiosis, one of the most extensively studied forms of cryptobiosis, is induced in
certain organisms as a response to desiccation. Anhydrobiotic species has been …

In this review we analyze the dormancy strategies of metazoans inhabiting “hostile to life”
habitats, which have a strong impact on their ecology and in particular on the traits of their …

The current state of knowledge about anhydrobiosis in tardigrades is presented. In response
to adverse environmental conditions tardigrades arrest their metabolic activity and after …