Reverse development, where some animals can turn back to earlier life stages instead of aging normally, has now been documented in the Atlantic comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi, often known as the ...

A new study led by Joan J. Soto-Angel, a postdoctoral fellow at the University Museum of Bergen, reveals that the comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi can reverse from a mature lobate form back to an earlier ...

To test whether this comb jelly was actually two individuals who had fused together, the scientists tested individual ctenophores collected at different sites on separate dates. After cutting off ...

Joan J Soto-Angel, one of the co-authors of the study, said that one day, he was surprised to see larval comb jelly in place of the adult comb jelly that usually resided in his lab’s tank. Upon ...

The warty comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi, is a fascinating sea creature with a litany of weird biological traits, including regeneration. They can also de-age themselves physically into their ...

A crab, a vital animal in the Antarctic food chain, feeds predatory animals like seals, penguins, and birds, emitting ...

The organisms that merged are comb jellies, translucent invertebrates that resemble jellyfish but belong to a different group of marine animals called ctenophores. They grow to about 4 inches long ...

The comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi, can age in reverse, returning to a younger stage and breaking the typical life cycle. In its larval form, the jelly reshapes itself and adopts new feeding habits ...