A tiny freshwater polyp called the hydra has a rather neat trick: It can’t die. These polyps are able to accomplish this remarkable feat of apparent immorality by reproducing through budding rather ...

The tiny freshwater polyp Hydra is a remarkable creature. It does not show any signs of aging and appears to be immortal. Researchers from Kiel University have examined this phenomenon and uncovered ...

A new study describes the formation of the body axis in the immortal freshwater polyp Hydra. It is controlled by the so-called hippo signaling pathway, a molecular biological process that, among other ...

An international team of scientists have sequenced the genome of Hydra, a freshwater polyp that's been a staple of biological research for 300 years. UC Irvine researchers have played a leading role ...

In the absence of eyes, the fresh water polyp, Hydra magnipapillata, nevertheless reacts to light. They are diurnal, hunting during the day, and are known to move, looping end over end, or contract, ...

In ancient Greek myth, the Hydra was a multi-headed monster that grew two more heads for every one that it lost. As it turns out, the real-life animal named after this mythical beast may be even more ...

People dreading the passing of their dog or cat, could find that an unusual marine creature might prove the perfect pet. Scientists claim a certain kind of a freshwater polyp is ‘effectively immortal’ ...

Champion of regeneration, the freshwater polyp Hydra is capable of reforming a complete individual from any fragment of its body. It is even able to remain alive when all its neurons have disappeared.

A Hydra with a faulty Hippo pathway, leading to deformed tentacles. Credit: Maria Brooun A new study describes the formation of the body axis in the immortal freshwater polyp Hydra. It is controlled ...

Italian researchers used a simple semiconducting organic molecule to modulate the neural activity in a fresh-water polyp to control a specific behaviour. When added to water in a tank the compound, ...