The idea of living forever has fascinated researchers, storytellers, and scientists for centuries. While immortality remains ...

Jellyfish, particularly the Turritopsis dohrnii, possess an extraordinary ability to cheat death. Read on to learn how a jellyfish can seemingly never die and discover the secret behind its ...

Immortal Jellyfish. Image by Marat Gilyadzinov via Unsplash. To appreciate the extraordinary nature of Turritopsis dohrnii’s immortality, we must first understand the typical jellyfish life cycle.

Imagem de Marat Gilyadzinov via Unsplash. To appreciate the extraordinary nature of Turritopsis dohrnii’s immortality, we must first understand the typical jellyfish life cycle. Most jellyfish begin ...

Within just 24-36 hours, this blob transforms into a polyp — an earlier life stage — essentially reversing its development. BBC Earth describes this phenomenon vividly, “When the medusa of the ...

And one hydrozoan, the immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii), seen here in a water drop, has a life cycle that skips death: It reverts from a medusa back to a polyp. How, no one knows.