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This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American An evolutionary arms race during 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 ...

Mnemiopsis leidyi, the warty comb jelly or sea walnut, is a species of tentaculate ctenophore (comb jelly), originally native to the western Atlantic coastal waters© IrinaK/Shutterstock.com Jellyfish ...

Comb jellies, the delicate bells that pulse their iridescent bodies through the ocean, are some of the strangest creatures on Earth. “They are the aliens of the sea,” said Leonid Moroz, a ...

Researchers have made the surprising discovery that one species of comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi) can fuse, such that two individuals readily turn into one following an injury. Afterwards, they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mnemiopsis leidyi, the warty comb jelly or sea walnut, is a species of tentaculate ctenophore (comb jelly), originally native to ...

Armed with the ability to accept all cells as its own, comb jellies can merge with others to survive. Here’s how it works. On a quiet summer day at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, ...

“While maintaining a population of M. leidyi in a seawater tank, we noticed an atypically large individual with two aboral ends [referring to the area farthest from the mouth] and two apical organs ...

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 ...

A new study of comb jellies has revealed that their nervous system is more complex than previously thought. What’s more, this sheds a whole new light on how nervous systems evolved. Did nervous ...