There are so many different types of jellyfish out there, boasting different sizes, shapes, colors, and more. The immortal jellyfish is one of these unique jellyfish with a certain skill not often ...

In the vast depths of our oceans swims a tiny creature that possesses what humans have sought for millennia: immortality.

Jellyfish belong to a group of animals called Cnidarians, and one particular species, Turritopsis dohrnii, dubbed the 'immortal jellyfish,' is the primary focus of this natural wonder. This tiny, ...

(CNN) -- For centuries, man has been on a quest to find the elixir to eternal life. Alchemists struggled fruitlessly to create the legendary philosopher's stone, a mythical substance capable of ...

Scientists in Spain have unlocked the genetic code of the "immortal jellyfish" -- a creature capable of repeatedly reverting into a juvenile state -- in hopes of unearthing the secret to their unique ...

Meet the warty comb jellyfish, the ocean’s very own time traveler that’s making waves in the scientific community. This transparent troublemaker is seriously disrupting everything we thought we knew ...

A tiny Mediterranean jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, uses transdifferentiation to revert to a juvenile state and avoid death ...

Ludwig van Beethoven’s famous letters from 1812 left behind a mystery about the identity of the person he addressed as his “Immortal Beloved” that has lasted over two centuries. The mystery of how ...

The ability of metazoans (multicellular animals) to regenerate lost body parts varies greatly. Some animals can regenerate their whole bodies, including phyla Cnidaria such as jellyfish, ...

For more than 500 million years – well before dinosaurs ever thought of existing – jellyfish have floated through the world’s oceans. Today, 2,000 species of jellyfish have been discovered around the ...