I have been playing Dungeons & Dragons for more than 20 years, and in all that time, I have never encountered a monster more original and interesting than the False Hydra. Perhaps the most popular ...

A jellyfish-like creature with tentacles and seeming ability to live forever has now been found capable of passing cancerous tumors on to its offspring. Government scientists in France who studied ...

Hydra, specifically Hydra vulgaris, are unassuming creatures. At their largest, the freshwater cnidarians (relatives of jellyfish) are just about a centimeter long. Their miniscule bodies are simple, ...