Glowing blue helps shield this tardigrade from harmful ultraviolet light
Fluorescence may allow water bears to survive in especially sunny regions
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A newly discovered tardigrade species protects itself from ultraviolet radiation with fluorescent pigments, which glow blue in this fluorescence micrograph, a new study finds.
H.R. Suma