I'm working on a brand-new story about the fantastic tardigrade, the microscopic creature that seems virtually indestructible. Dry 'em out, freeze 'em, boil 'em, send 'em to outer space, put 'em under pressure—they just keep going. The name tardigrade comes from Latin, and means "slow walker." Slow walkers unite! In the end, the slow walker will be the last one s … [Read more...]
tardigrade
After drawing this comic, I discovered the blog of Dr. Gareth Lawson and his merry band of researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who travel the ocean blue in a research vessel named R/V New Horizon in search of charismatic microfauna, including lovely and enchanting pteropods (if not the cute and cuddly tardigrade). Read about oceanographic research as it happens … [Read more...]