Hydras are a group of small aquatic animals capable of regenerating their heads, the mechanism for which has been uncovered in a new paper published in Genome Biology and Evolution. Hydras come from ...

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The Hydra can regenerate its entire body from a few hundred cells. These animals could give us insight into wound healing and the ability to grow new tissues, organs or limbs. (Photo credit: Stefan ...

Meet the hydra: a tiny, unassuming organism that lives in the water with a superpower that seems to go beyond its abilities.