From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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.” ...

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.

A warning has been issued following several sightings of Portugese man o' wars washed up on popular beaches. The marine animal, which looks like a jellyfish but is in fact a siphonophore, is known for ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

City officials have issued a Portuguese man-of-war advisory for Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve and Waikiki beaches this morning.

Today we return to a treasured Weird Wednesdays tradition: learning about horrifying creatures from the bottom of the sea that will most likely give you nightmares for the rest of your life. This week ...

The deep-sea is filled with fascinating and weird creatures that we rarely see, much less capture in videos for the world to see. But, researchers were able to capture a bizarre and otherworldly ...

E/V Nautilus, the current ship of exploration of Titanic discoverer Dr. Robert Ballard, is exploring the ocean studying biology, geology, archeology, and more. This beautiful colonial organism drifted ...

A Danish arts collective spotlights the bizarrely beautiful siphonophore, which performs a vital role in removing carbon from the atmosphere. By Arthur Lubow A little-known but crucial agent of carbon ...

Scientists on a research vessel spotted a giant creature that has been compared to a mass of silly string floating off western Australia. The Schmidt Ocean Institute shared a stunning video of the ...