Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Liz writes about the ocean and its protection. This article is more than 5 years old. The giant siphonophore, Apolemia, recorded ...

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 ...

Researchers have captured fascinating video footage of an otherworldly organism in the waters off the coast of Western Australia. A team aboard the RV Falkor—the flagship research vessel of the ...

A creature so rare that it has only a few recorded sightings across the world has been caught on camera by stunned scientists. The benthic siphonophore, which looks like a single animal, is actually a ...

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 ...

In June, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus research vessel recorded a siphonophore swimming at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The video of the odd-looking, purple-blue sea creature went viral.