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Tardigrades

Owen, Ruth, 1967-2025
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This fascinating title is a celebration of the chubby, eight-legged, moss-dwelling, microscopic creatures called tardigrades. If you've never heard of tardigrades (also known as moss piglets), prepare to be amazed by their superhero survival skills! Using fantastic photos, 3D artwork, and scanning electron microscope (SEM) imagery, enter the world of the tardigrade and learn how scientists are studying these bizarre superheroes to learn more about the origins of life on Earth and how their survival skills could be used in human medicine.
Main title:
Tardigrades / by Ruth Owen.
Author:
Imprint:
[Tunbridge Wells] : Ruby Tuesday Books, 2025.
Collation:
32 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781788564465 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
592.72
Language:
English
BRN:
2471701
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