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When they are injured, deep-sea creatures called comb jellies can fuse their bodies together to become one. Their nervous systems and stomachs permanently merge within a single individual. The ...

It may be the closest scientists have yet come to creating Frankenstein’s monster. Living pieces of dozens of individual animals known as comb jellies have been fused together to create an array of ...

Time doesn’t heal all wounds. If you’re an injured comb jellyfish, you might just need another of your species to meld with. That’s what biologists at the University of Chicago’s Marine Biological ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...