Scientists Found a Hidden World of Fungi, Worms, and Tardigrades Beneath the Great Lakes

A recent survey beneath the Great Lakes found that, deep down below all that calm, shimmering water, there’s an entire underground world packed with rock-eating fungi, microscopic worms, and even tardigrades. And those adorable little “water bears” that somehow manage to survive in volcanoes and in the vacuum of space, places where regular bears would…