Researchers discovered that some comb jellies can fuse their bodies together when injured. The unique adaptation, which ...

Scientists have discovered a comb jelly that can fuse together with others of the same species to combine as a single animal ...

On an expedition to South America, one diver experiences a rare encounter with a brand-new species of comb jelly—the pinnate ...

Researchers discovered that two merging comb jellies can actually become one creature in just a matter of hours.

Researchers knew something strange was afoot at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., when they spied a ...

Additionally, the data imply that two separate individuals can rapidly merge their nervous systems and share action ...

he routinely walked down to the water, scanning for comb jellies. “They look like a jellyfish,” he says, “but they’re completely different.” It’s a blob the size of a silver dollar ...

Researchers discovered that deep sea comb jellies exhibit unique fusion behavior for healing after they have been injured.

Comb jellies (Mnemiopsis leidyi) are a type of stingless jellyfish that consume other jellyfish and fish larvae. They are ...

It took just two hours for the animals to fuse and behave like a single creature. They swam by coordinating their contractions, suggesting that their nervous systems had merged. When Dr. Jokura and ...

Comb jellies regenerate by fusing together after injury, sharing muscle movements and digestion, opening research into ...

He'd go down to the pier or the dock and gaze into the water, scanning for comb jellies. KEI JOKURA: Look like jellyfish but completely different. DANIEL: It's a blobby thing, the size of a silver ...