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?

In the Greek myth, Heracles battles the Hydra — a multi-headed reptilian monster that was terrorizing the Greek countryside.However, every time a head was cut off, two grew in its place, so cutting ...

The tiny freshwater hydra is essentially an immortal creature. It can regenerate an entirely new animal from any fragment of its body with just a few thousands of cells. It also does this without ...

Hydras – appropriately named after mythical Greek monsters – are one of nature’s most curious creations. The minuscule freshwater animal has been dubbed “immortal” by scientists due to its uncanny ...