Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

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

Abstract Model organisms are widely used in research as accessible and convenient
systems to study a particular area or question in biology. Traditionally only a handful of …

A sister group of the Arthropoda, the Tardigrada are micrometazoans that occupy a diversity
of niches in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial habitats. Commonly called water bears …

Most current research in cell biology uses just a handful of model systems including yeast,
Arabidopsis, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis elegans, zebrafish, mouse, and cultured …

Studies on the ability of multicellular organisms to tolerate specific environmental extremes
are relatively rare compared to those of unicellular microorganisms in extreme …

The worldwide distribution of microinvertebrates on glaciers, the coldest biome, is poorly
known. Owing to their tolerance to hostile conditions, small size and dispersal abilities …

Studying development in diverse taxa can address a central issue in evolutionary biology:
how morphological diversity arises through the evolution of developmental mechanisms …

Tardigrades are microscopic animals renowned for their ability to withstand extreme
conditions, including high doses of ionizing radiation (IR). To better understand their radio …

Despite the large number of studies on glaciers, knowledge regarding biota in cryoconite
holes is limited. Cryophilic animals are often neglected in ecological studies on glacial …