Rotifers have been the big wheels of the microscopic world for more than 300 years, so it's fitting that a rotifer's wheel-like head gets its turn in the photographic spotlight. An extreme close-up of ...

Scientists have managed to revive microscopic animals that had been frozen in the Siberian permafrost for 24,000 years. The Bdelloid rotifers, or “wheel animals” as they’re sometimes called, shook off ...

Floscularia ringens is king of its castle. Brick by brick, this microscopic rotifer – or “wheel animal” – builds the tube it inhabits. To make its home, the rotifer gathers organic debris from the ...