The toughest organisms on Earth, called extremophiles, can survive extreme conditions like extreme dryness (desiccation), extreme cold, space vacuum, acid, or even high-level radiation. So far, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Further investigation revealed a microbe of extraordinary resilience that can flourish in a radioactive inferno that would make ...

Deinococcus radiodurans can survive a range of harsh environments and is resistant to very high levels of ionizing and UV radiation, dehydration, cold, vacuum, and even acid. Therefore, the bacterium ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Found in an irradiated can of meat, Deinococcus radiodurans ...

The world is full of unfathomably resilient creatures, and many of them happen to be microscopic. It might seem unintuitive that many of the tiniest organisms in existence are some of the toughest to ...

For something that looks almost familiar as a California desert at times, the Martian surface is remarkably inhospitable to Earthling life. The thin atmosphere would suck the water right out of ...