Imagine waking up in a hospital bed after a devastating accident and being told not that you will need a lifetime of prosthetics and surgeries, but that your lost limb will slowly grow back. For now, that belongs squarely in the realm of science fiction, but the science is inching closer than most people ...
When a limb is lost in the wild, most creatures face a brutal truth: the damage is permanent. Yet scattered across Earth’s waterways, forests, and tidepools are species that treat injury like a reversible mistake. Their bodies rewrite wounds into blueprints, swap scar for structure, and quietly perform feats that medicine still dreams about. I ...
In the quiet depths of a Mexican lake, something extraordinary is happening. A small salamander with feathery gills and an eternal smile has just lost its entire front leg to a hungry predator. While most animals would face a lifetime of disability, this little creature – an axolotl – begins an almost miraculous transformation that ...
