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The 'immortal' jellyfish can reset its body to youth and start life over

A jellyfish barely the size of a pinky nail has earned one of the most dramatic nicknames in biology by appearing to cheat ...

‘When you kill it, it doesn’t die’: the jellyfish that has cracked the secret of immortality

Turritopsis dohrnii has the ability to turn back into a baby jellyfish and grow up all over again ...

This Jellyfish Has Cracked the Code to Immortality, and Researchers Say It Can Restart Its Life as Many Times as It Wants

Only a few millimeters long, the species has been found from the Mediterranean Sea to the coasts of Japan, Panama and Brazil ...

Smaller than a pinky nail, the tiny ‘immortal’ jellyfish can turn back its life cycle when injured or facing starvation

A jellyfish smaller than a pinky fingernail has a survival trick that has fascinated scientists for decades. Turritopsis dohrnii, often called the ‘immortal jellyfish’, can reverse its development ...
Mother Jones

Good Luck Trying to Kill This Jellyfish

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Immortality is generally considered the realm of the gods or science fiction, a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

From Giant Tortoises to Immortal Jellyfish, These Impressive Animals Are Eight of the Longest-Living Species on Earth

Aging gracefully comes naturally to these creatures, which can live for hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of years Brian Handwerk | Science Correspondent Life is short, the old saying goes, but ...
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The immortal jellyfish can reset its own body and start life over

Most animals move in one direction through life: they are born, they mature, they age, and they die. A tiny jellyfish found ...