The immortal jellyfish has two forms: the medusa, the classic jellyfish, and the polyp, the baby form of the jellyfish ...

Turritopsis dohrnii follows a typical jellyfish life cycle, beginning as a larva and maturing into a polyp and then an adult ...

It begins as a larva, develops into a polyp (a small, stationary form that looks a bit like a tiny anemone), and then matures ...

Marine animals like jellyfish, corals and sea anemones often live with algae inside their cells in a symbiotic relationship. The animals give the algae nutrients and a place to live; in return, algae ...

Almost by chance, researchers in Norway found adult comb jellies reverse their development and become larva again when stressed by starvation. It helps them survive because larva eat less than the ...

Comb jellies seem to use the strategy of aging in reverse as a survival strategy when they are under pressure.

There are a couple of main reasons. The Peach Blossom Jellyfish spends most of its life cycle as a tiny polyp about one to two millimetres in length. A population of polyps can survive for years ...

Craspedacusta sowerbii are the only known species of freshwater jellyfish, according to the National Park Service. The small ...

According to the United States Geological Survey, the jellyfish can be found across the United States, especially in the ...

In the state, freshwater jellyfish can be observed in both the medusa, or moving, stage and the polyp or hydroid, or fixed, stage, according to Outdoor Alabama. The medusa stage happens in the ...