Earlier this year, a Harvard research team studying the axolotl, a salamander with the superpower to regrow body parts, lost ...

When humans lose a limb due to an injury, there are lifelong lifestyle changes that are necessary to accommodate the loss of the arm or leg. In some instances, the changes are minor, with people ...

Losing a limb or an organ is life-altering for most creatures, but not for all. Some animals have evolved regeneration skills that go far beyond healing scrapes or broken bones. These species can ...

Imagine this: you accidentally lose an arm or a leg, and instead of rushing to the hospital, your body just grows it back.

Whenever a jellyfish loses a tentacle, it can regenerate the lost limb. For years, scientists have been baffled by exactly how these ocean creatures bring their lost limbs back to life, but now we ...

A wide variety of distantly-related animals, including flatworms, newts and zebrafish, have robust abilities to regenerate damaged or missing body parts. A new study shows little evidence of a common ...

Researchers have found a genetic pathway that facilitates inter-species communication between a marine worm, acoel, and its symbiotic algae. Many organisms are far more complex than just a single ...