This underwater immortal creature defies aging by reversing its life cycle, inspiring scientific research on regeneration and ...

Aging gracefully comes naturally to these creatures, which can live for hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of years ...

It has been dubbed the immortal jellyfish. When the medusa of this species is physically damaged or experiences stresses such as starvation, instead of dying it shrinks in on itself, reabsorbing its ...

The warty comb jelly (science name: Mnemiopsis leidyi) can literally transform from an adult back into its teenage years when life gets tough. Talk about the ultimate glow-up! In what might be the ...

Most living creatures are bound by the fact of birth, aging and death. Few, however, have evolved to break the typical life cycle. The aptly named immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) is one such ...

Jellyfish mortality rates and lifespans vary widely. Some species live only a few hours, others a few months or a few years — ...

A closeup shot of a glowing blue jellyfish in black water. One species stands out for its extraordinary ability: Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the immortal jellyfish. This fingernail-sized ...

The immortal jellyfish has the ability to switch back to its... younger self. And that's not it. When the jellyfish goes back into its previous life stage as a polyp, it also creates more ...

You may have heard about the "immortal jellyfish," which was discovered by chance in the 1980s by two young scientists, Christian Sommer and Giorgio Bavestrello. They found that when adult ...