Scientists found the new mushroom-shaped animal, called Dendrogramma, while analyzing organisms collected at ocean depths of 400 and 1000 metres on the south-east Australian continental slope. ( Just ...

Mysterious animals discovered offshore Australia resemble floppy chanterelle mushrooms but feel like dollops of gelatin, according to a new study. The ocean-dwelling creatures are so unusual that an ...

Two mushroom-shaped organisms that scientists believe are related to an extinct 600 million-year-old life-form have been discovered in the ocean off the coast of Australia. A study of the two ...

Introducing Dendrogramma, a deep sea creature that resembles a mushroom but has more affinity to a jellyfish. Photo: Just et al., PLOS ONE The deep sea harbors a rogues' gallery of outlandish ...

Living fossil? A mushroom-shaped animal that defies current classification systems has been found living in the dark depths of the Tasman Sea. The animal could be a 'living fossil' from the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 'Aliens' in the shape of unclassifiable mushroom-shaped creatures have been discovered in the ocean depths off Australia. Two species of ...

Scientists have discovered mushroom-shaped alien-like creatures dredged from the depths of the sea strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania. The two species were called Dendrogramma, after ...