A microscopic organism that survived tens of thousands of years under ice may hold to secrets to cryo-preserving human tissue someday. This image shows a rotifer. (Credit: Michael Plewka) (CN) — Some ...

Rotifers are multicellular, microscopic marine animals that live in soils and freshwater environments. They are transparent and can be easily grown in large numbers. As such, they have been used in ...

While this may look like a campfire scene from a bad dream, these are all rotifers. About 1,800 species of these tiny animals have been described to date. They live in fresh water all over the world, ...