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

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

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

Sea anemones cure 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 ...

This animal, a member of the chordates, can regenerate all of its organs so that each piece knows exactly how to regain functioning of all its missing body systems within a short period of time ...

From newt legs to two-headed worms, New Scientist brings you some of the most dramatic examples of animal regeneration. See more in our gallery here. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your ...

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

Lizards can detach their tales and regrow them, but their regenerating capability is hardly unique — just the best known. Starfish are also celebrated for their ability to restore lost body parts.

For the study, published in Science, the researchers mapped the genes of animals that have the ability to regenerate retinal neurons. For example, when the retina of a zebrafish is damaged, cells ...

This regeneration takes place to accommodate different stages in an animal's life (e.g., replacing downy chick feathers with an adult chicken's, or replacing the fine facial hair of a young boy ...