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Phylum: Tardigrada (water bears, tardigrades) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/metazoa/tardigrades/...
This web page describes water bears, minute animals that can remain dormant in a dry state for over 100 years. The page addresses what they are, where they are found, their general biology, ...

Eukaryotes in Extreme Environments part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects...
This article is a compilation of information about free-living eukaryotes in extreme environments. Written in summary form, it includes anaerobes, thermophiles, psychrophiles, acidophiles, ...

Life's Limit part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.astrobio.net/index.php?option=com_exclusive&t...
Dr. Rocco Mancinelli of the SETI Institute is featured in this web article discussing the environmental limits to life including extreme life forms that can thrive in harsh conditions of salt, ...

New research challenges prevailing theory of microbial diversity part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/07/03072508190...
In this web article, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley sampled the microbe Sulfolobus islandicus from acidic hot springs across the world to study microbe diversity. The article ...

Huelva Province: Rio Tinto Mines part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.andalucia.com/province/huelva/riotinto/home....
This web site offers information about the Rio Tinto in Andalucia, Spain. It describes the opencast mine structures, landscape, rich history, and regional influence of the Rio Tinto mines. Part of a ...

Seen and Unseen: Discovering the Microbes of Yellowstone part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This book takes readers on a tour of Yellowstone's microbial flora and fauna. Photographed using state-of-the-art technology, each microbe is presented with photographs of the environment where ...

Tardigrades part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.tardigrades.com/
This creative and informative web site is dedicated to Tardigrades, more commonly known as water bears. The site, directed towards children and the general public, includes the following features: ...