Scientists have discovered a marine animal that can reverse its aging process. The comb jelly, a jellyfish-like creature, can ...
Deep-sea researchers have discovered a strange glowing sea slug off the coast of California that lives in the water column — ...
Bioluminescence is commonly spotted among fish, squid and gelatinous zooplankton, such as jellyfish, siphonophores, comb jellies, and other animals that are mostly made of water. While ...
Until recently, the deep sea was too distant, cold, and high pressure for humans to explore, and much of it remains unknown.
Researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway realized they had a de-aging specimen in their lab when they found a larval ctenophore in a tank where a mature comb jellyfish was supposed to be.
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 ...
A recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, however, has revealed a new member of this exclusive club with extraordinary abilities: the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi, ...
The study was initiated by chance: the research team discovered that one day they had lost one comb jellyfish in their saltwater tank, and found an unusually large one in its place. 'I was so ...
A crab, a vital animal in the Antarctic food chain, feeds predatory animals like seals, penguins, and birds, emitting ...