Each tentacle has about 5,000 stinging cells, which are triggered not by touch but by the presence of a chemical on the outer layer of its prey. Box jellies are highly advanced among jellyfish.

As the Immortal jellyfish is able to regenerate its cells, scientists are attempting ... In outward appearance, the flower hat jellyfish looks like the type of hat the late Queen Elizabeth II ...

About 5% percent of jellyfish bodies are made of structural proteins, muscles, and nerve cells, while the remaining ... There are over 25 types of edible jellyfish. Jellyfish can be a delicacy ...

Pumping water through their bells, these jellyfish use a type of jet propulsion to follow the sunlight until they nearly reach the eastern shore—stopping just short of the shadows caused by ...

Researchers have discovered that a single molecule, Wnt3, coordinates a two-step process of cell polarity orientation that ...

In some cases, a new arm would begin to regrow. Cordeiro’s work for the lab is focused on juvenile jellyfish known as polyps. The researchers chop and separate the cells of the polyp. “You start to ...

Essentially, when faced with stress, injury or old age, the immortal jellyfish can transform all of its existing cells into a younger state. This process, known as transdifferentiation ...