This infographic illustrates how tardigrades can survive desiccation. When faced with unfavorable environmental conditions, tardigrades arrest their metabolic activity and create a protective structure known as a tun after undergoing complete dehydration. This highly stable state is called anhydrobiosis. As water becomes scarce and tardigrades enter the tun state, they begin producing specialized proteins called tardigrade-specific intrinsically disordered proteins (TDPs). These TDPs fill the tardigrade's cells, effectively replacing lost water and forming a matrix that preserves crucial cellular components. This matrix prevents unfolding, breakage, or fusion of essential elements within the cells. For easy comprehension, the infographic illustrates the changes that occur at both the cellular and molecular levels in tardigrades when they enter their tun state.