From giant gelatinous squid egg balls to this siphonophore that seems to stretch on forever, we're still discovering wild and wonderful new sights in the deep.

Some compared it to a UFO, while others thought it looked like a giant heap of silly-string. The discovery was breathtaking on many counts — it was the first siphonophore sighting in that area ...

As Tessa Koumoundouros reports for Science Alert, researchers recently captured this footage of a giant Apolemia siphonophore off the coast of West Australia. With an estimated 49-foot-wide ...

Scientists on a research vessel spotted a giant creature that has been compared ... shared a stunning video of the Apolemia, a type of siphonophore, on Twitter Monday that was captured during ...

"Check out this beautiful *giant* siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding ...

The Schmidt Ocean Institute‘s expedition has found a giant siphonophore, which is closely related to a jellyfish. This creature could be the largest ever recorded since it has an outer “ring ...

One example of siphonophore feeding was captured by marine biologists in western Australia in 2020. They discovered a 150-foot giant siphonophore (Praya dubia) in a "doom spiral," which traps ...

“Check out this beautiful *giant* siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition,” read a Monday Twitter post by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, noting its “strange UFO-like ...

WITH CHIEF ANIMAL STORIE CORRESPONDENT POPPI GREEN.... WHO'S BEEN SPENDING SOME OF THIS SHELTER IN PLACE TIME TO STUDY UP ON MARINE BIOLOGY, AND WAS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF A ...

since powerful currents close to the surface can shred siphonophore colonies apart. Giant siphonophores arrange themselves in long stem structures. These structures are composed of chains of several ...

Check out this beautiful *giant* siphonophore Apolemia recorded on #NingalooCanyons expedition. It seems likely that this specimen is the largest ever recorded, and in strange UFO-like feeding ...

Why they're awesome: The largest animal on Earth is thought to be the blue whale, but these strange sea creatures can grow even longer — reaching up to 150 feet (46 meters) in length. There are ...