Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Liz writes about the ocean and its protection. Apr 18, 2020, 02:54pm EDT Dec 10, 2021, 08:27am EST This article is more than 6 ...

Siphonophores mesmerize us with their spiraling strings and gelatinous globs. Learn the unique characteristics of one of the longest animals in the world. The creatures of the open ocean are often ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. While ...

Siphonophores are deep-sea “colonial creatures” made up of specialized individuals that work together as one. And while scientists have described some 175 species of the bizarre beings, each one of ...

A “giant” siphonophore, Apolemia, was recorded off the coast of Western Australia during the Ningaloo Canyons expedition, Science Alert reported. A video was posted by the Schmidt Ocean on Twitter.

Scientists estimate that the siphonophore they discovered is at least 150 feet long Researchers exploring the deep waters off the coast of Western Australia have discovered what they believe to be the ...

Just in case you didn’t think the ocean wasn’t alien enough, researchers off Western Australia have filmed an otherworldly underwater creature comprised of millions of interconnected “clones.” ...

A group of marine biologists were in for an unexpected surprise when a deep sea expedition led to a close encounter with one of the ocean depth’s rarest creatures. When exploring the ocean bed in the ...

As far as conjoined twins go, they don’t come more famous than Chang and Eng Bunker, who in the 1800s traveled the world lecturing and generally being gawked at by rubes. They even gave us the term ...

In a video posted on Twitter by the Schmidt Ocean Institute Monday, a thin, silvery something floats in the open ocean in a strange spiral formation. Perhaps, it’s reminiscent of a swirling artistic ...