Researchers found that two individuals of a type of comb jelly can fuse and become one with a shared nervous system and digestive system. It has implications for animal regeneration and immune systems ...

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Besides their bodies, comb jellies, scientifically known as Mnemiopsis leidyi, also fuse their nervous and digestive systems, research found. Late one summer night in 2023, Kei Jokura entered the ...

Comb jellies (Mnemiopsis leidyi) are a type of stingless jellyfish that consume other jellyfish and fish larvae. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean, but they have spread widely and are ...

A new paper published in Current Biology has revealed a startling new fact about comb jellies that scientists weren't expecting. That surprise? The fact that multiple comb jellies can merge when one ...

Early in June the St. Johns Riverkeeper reported someone seeing “jellyfish” in the St. Johns River near Switzerland Point and sent a picture to support the observation. The “jellyfish” was actually a ...

And now, news of a tiny, transparent creature that can pull off a stunning trick - two individuals can fuse to become one. Here's science reporter Ari Daniel. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: A little more than a ...

Late one summer night in 2023, Kei Jokura entered the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, excitedly carrying a blob in a beaker. The biologist had just come from the first floor ...

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