Biologists have described two new tardigrade genera and associated species — two of which are new to science — from the mountain glaciers of New Zealand’s Southern Alps. Kopakaius nicolae. Scale bar – 50 µm. Image credit: Zawierucha et al., doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107634. First discovered in 1773, tardigrades (phylum Tardigrada) are a diverse group of microscopic invertebrates with eight legs and body size ranging from 50-1,200...
