A team of researchers at Universidad de Oviedo in Spain reports findings that could explain how the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii is able to live, at least in theory, forever. In their paper published ...

Living things have to contend with aging - except for a few unusual creatures, like Turritopsis dohrnii, which has an extraordinary ability to survive. It starts out as a fertilized egg that develops ...

One ocean-dwelling creature found in tropical waters is known to be able to reverse its own life cycle, cheating death. The jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, was first discovered in 1883, but it was ...

In the Mediterranean, researchers have studied a jellyfish that bends the rules of aging. The jellyfish is called Turritopsis dohrnii. It is no bigger than a fingernail, yet it can revert from its ...