This illustration shows the different life stages of Turritopsis jellyfish. Image via Wikimedia Commons The hydrozoan Turritopsis dohrnii, an animal about 4.5 millimetres wide and tall (likely making ...

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The ocean is home to some of the most fascinating creatures on Earth, but none are as astonishing as the Turritopsis dohrnii, commonly known as the immortal jellyfish. These tiny, alien-like ...

Some species never grow up; they remain branching colonies of polyps. And one hydrozoan, the immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii), seen here in a water drop, has a life cycle that skips death ...

Turritopsis dohrnii follows a typical jellyfish life cycle, beginning as a larva and maturing into a polyp and then an adult medusa. However, it can revert to the polyp stage in response to stress ...

Almost by chance, researchers in Norway have found that adult comb jellies reverse their development and become larva again when stressed by starvation. It helps them survive because larva eat ...

Studying comb jellies made sense to scientists given the existence of Turritopsis dohrnii, also known, ironically, as the immortal jellyfish. This unique species was once the only creature on ...