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. Meet Turritopsis dohrnii, commonly known as the immortal jellyfish—a creature ...
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 ...
Juvenile medusae of Turritopsis dohrnii collected from polyps of Santa Caterina, Nardò, Italy. Credit: Maria Pascual-Torner A team of researchers at Universidad de Oviedo in Spain reports findings ...
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 ...