The fossil, an eight-armed swirl named Eoandromeda after the galaxy Andromeda, is believed by researchers to be the ancestor of modern comb jellies, which populate oceans worldwide and swim using rows ...

Scientists often encounter things beyond human comprehension. When studying jellyfish and their remarkable healing abilities, a team of scientists dealt with this very concept. When a thriving adult ...

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 ...

“It’s very exciting because there’s been a lot of debate about early animal evolution,” said John Finnerty, a professor of biology at Boston University, who was not involved in the study. Part of the ...

Much like the immortal jellyfish, comb jellies demonstrate regenerative and de-aging life cycles.However, the reasons why this can occur at all are still unclear. Scientists studied the effects of ...