The hydra, named after a mythical multiheaded monster, may be the secret to eternal youth. Could this tiny creature, named after a mythical multiheaded monster, hold the secret to eternal youth?

Like the ocean, it seems that many bodies of freshwater are dark and full of terrors. For example hydra, an invertebrate freshwater creature that measures less than an inch long, is bizarre with the ...

A jellyfish-like creature with tentacles and seeming ability to live forever has now been found capable of passing cancerous tumors on to its offspring. Government scientists in France who studied ...

The hydra is a Lovecraftian-looking microorganism with a mouth surrounded by tentacles on one end, an elongated body, and a foot on the other end. It has no brain or centralized nervous system.

Greek mythology has plenty of monsters, but many of the most famous belong to the same terrifying family. Cerberus, the Hydra ...

Could this tiny creature, named after a mythical multiheaded monster, hold the secret to eternal youth? Related to jellyfish and anemones, the hydra has an almost otherworldly ability to heal itself ...

PBS has released a video showing tiny, freshwater “hydras” regrowing their limbs and it’s a magical process to say the least. Like the ocean, it seems that many bodies of freshwater are dark and full ...