The life cycle of jellyfish can seem almost otherworldly ... Adult jellyfish — from the cannonball jellyfish to the box jellyfish and beyond — are known for their ability to swim and capture ...

What most of us would recognise as a jellyfish - the otherworldly, gelatinous aquatic animals renowned for their sting-filled tentacles - is actually just the final stage of these animals' life cycle.

Turritopsis dohrnii follows a typical jellyfish life cycle, beginning as a larva and maturing into a polyp and then an adult medusa. However, it can revert to the polyp stage in response to stress ...