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 ...

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 ...

An estimated 150-foot long, string-like creature — possibly the longest ocean animal recorded — was recently discovered off the coast of Australia.

Siphonophores feed on a variety of small sea animals, including plankton, fish and small crustaceans. The species that use toxins to capture prey have zooids that contain tiny but deadly tentacles ...

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 ...

Scientists spotted a swirling siphonophore off Western Australia that was 150 feet long. By Devi Lockwood Nerida Wilson couldn’t take her eyes off the computer screen. Some 2,000 feet beneath ...

Siphonophores are not rare, just fragile and remote," Helm wrote. "As we explore the ocean's more, who knows what other creatures we will see." Follow N'dea Yancey-Bragg on Twitter: @NdeaYanceyBragg ...

Impressive Lengths. The stinging tentacles of the Portuguese Man O’ War have been documented to grow up to 100 feet long, yet this colonial animal is far from the only siphonophore that can ...

Underwater explorers found a 150-foot siphonophore — a stringy creature that, like coral or jellyfish, is made up of smaller critters — living in waters off the coast of Australia.

Siphonophores feed on a variety of small sea animals, including plankton, fish and small crustaceans. The species that use toxins to capture prey have zooids that contain tiny but deadly tentacles ...