Tardigrades: Earth's toughest creatures can survive deadly UV radiation thanks to fluorescent shield

Researchers from India have reported finding a new genus - dubbed 'Paramacrobiotus' - which can resist germicidal levels of UV exposure by absorbing the rays and emitting them as blue light. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8838443/Tardigrades-Earths-toughest-creatures-survive-deadly-UV-radiation-thanks-fluorescent-shield.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490