Losing a limb or an organ is life-altering for most creatures, but not for all. Some animals have evolved regeneration skills ...

Expelling internal organs is not a common defence strategy in the animal kingdom because it comes at a high energy cost ...

In most parts of the world, the apple snail is an invasive pest, but in the lab, they're invaluable piece of the ocular ...

While some regenerating animals like salamanders and fish focus on restoring lost parts in proportion to what remains, this sea anemone takes a different approach. It reshapes its entire body to ...

Some animals, such as the starlet sea anemone, can regenerate large parts of their body, even after major injuries. Researchers have shown this regeneration response involves cells and molecules ...

Golden apple snails can regrow full, functional eyes. Studying their genes may reveal how to repair human eye injuries.

Flies too need their sleep. In order to be able to react to dangers, however, they must not completely phase out the ...

Some animals, such as the starlet sea anemone, can regenerate large parts of their body, even after major injuries. EMBL researchers have shown this regeneration response involves cells and ...