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 ...

SYDNEY, Sept. 3 (UPI) --The animal kingdom may have to sprout a new subdivision to accommodate a strange deep sea creature that resembles a cross between a jellyfish and a mushroom. The strange ...

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 ...

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 ...