Cockroaches are infamous for their survival skills. They breathe through tiny holes in their body segments and have ...

Sea stars, commonly known as starfish, are true masters of regeneration. If a sea star loses an arm, not only can it regrow the missing limb, but in some cases, a lost arm can grow into an entirely ...

The axolotl may look like a cute aquatic salamander with a perpetual smile, but beneath that friendly face lies some of the ...

The feathery gilled pink salamanders stop aging early and can regenerate their limbs. Studying them could be the next step in the journey to unlocking effective anti-aging treatments in humans.

Identifying collective migration as a shared theme might encourage greater links and cross-fertilization between morphogenesis, regeneration and cancer biology. Embryonic tissues can fold or ...

A molecular analysis of axolotl limb regeneration has identified a positive genetic circuit that maintains posterior cell identity and can be used to reprogramme anterior cells into posterior cells.

They are powerful starfish and can use their feet to pull apart the two halves of a mollusk shell to insert their stomach into the gap to feed on the contents. Morning sun stars, sunflower sea stars, ...