The vast majority of animals rely on sex to maintain a diverse and healthy gene pool. Not so for the rotifer, a type of microscopic creature that lives in puddles and munches on pond scum. Bdelloid ...

A new study shows that humans and tiny aquatic animals known as rotifers have something important in common when it comes to sex. Barely visible without a microscope, rotifers eat algae and serve ...

Tiny aquatic animal can also withstand desiccation, radiation and extreme heat, and reproduces asexually An animal that has thrived without males for millions of years will be a source of inspiration ...

THE Rotifera are remarkable among the Metazoa for their small size, often smaller than the largest ciliated Protozoa. Many rotifers are colourless or at most show some slight colour in the gut wall, ...