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 ...

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 ...

Credit: Alice Accorsi/UC Davis/Cover Images A humble snail could hold the key to humans being able to cure blindness by regrowing lost or damaged eyes. Human eyes are complex and irreparable, yet they ...

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 ...

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

Regenerating animals have the ability to reproduce body parts that were originally made in the embryo and subsequently lost due to injury. Understanding whether regeneration mirrors development is an ...

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 ...