Scientists often encounter things beyond human comprehension. When studying jellyfish and their remarkable healing abilities, ...

A 2023 study using chromosomal data from modern ctenophores — otherwise known as comb jellies — argues they were the first known animals, emerging around 600 million to 700 million years ago.

While observing animals in the laboratory, Soto-Angel realized that an adult comb jelly had disappeared from a tank. In its place, there was a larva. So, he set out to determine whether these ...

also called comb jelly. The findings suggest that life cycle plasticity in animals might be more common than previously ...

The warty comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi ... and what happens to the animal's nerve net during this process.” Though unfortunate for the jellies, this study is a fascinating look at the ...

This strange and mesmerizing sea creature can age in reverse when times get tough, in a move that would make Benjamin Button ...

Also known as ctenophores and considered one of the most ancient animal lineages, comb jellies possess the unique ability to revert to larval stages after reaching maturity. This was discovered in ...