We usually think that losing a body part is a permanent thing. But in nature, some animals have a superpower we can only ...
Lizards have the amazing ability to regenerate their lost tails. So why might they regrow two? Read here to learn more!
The year 2025 has been a banner year for scientists in the Pacific Northwest working to save sea stars from a mysterious wasting disease. Research groups from several universities and institutes have ...
A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in humans. Axolotls are native to Mexico and critically endangered in their ...
Alex Knapp is a Forbes senior editor covering healthcare and science. Every year, around 18,000 Americans will suffer a traumatic spinal cord injury. This can lead to a number of complications, ...
Cambridge, Massachusetts — At Harvard, a team of researchers is studying the axolotl, the salamander with the superpower to regrow body parts. "And we want to find out the secrets, like, the actual, ...
Tons of toxic German munitions, dumped in the Baltic and North Seas after World War II, have become an unlikely refuge for marine life, a new study has found. By Alexander Nazaryan Late into World War ...
Some invertebrates such as planarian flatworms can regrow entire bodies from small bits of tissue. But salamanders are the only vertebrates that can regenerate full limbs. When an appendage is severed ...
Regeneration sounds like a superpower. It is the ability to regrow lost tissues, organs, or limbs. Some creatures, like axolotls or starfish, do this effortlessly. Their bodies replace what was ...
BD is putting a fresh spin on an old awareness drive, returning to the 12-year-old “Love Your Limbs” campaign to mark Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month. The company, which sells PAD ...