Watching phytoplankton illuminate the world's shores is an otherworldly experience. With a bit of luck and perseverance, ...
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Glowing Sea Creatures Have Been Lighting Up the Oceans for More Than Half a Billion YearsDeLeo and colleagues also expect that the earliest glowing octocorals originated in shallow waters before later expanding into the deep sea. “I feel this paper presents a compelling case for one ...
The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming from animals that glow (bioluminescence) and occasional faint glimmers from the surface above. Led by biologist Danielle DeLeo, this new FIU ...
"This could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) ...
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have discovered Bathydevius caudactylus, a new species of glowing sea slug that lives deep in the ocean.
Hundreds of thousands of bioluminescent dinoflagellates live in each gallon of bay water, and the light show put on by these tiny creatures provide is truly a (natural) wonder to behold.
The creatures are named for their bioluminescent lure (or esca). This modified dorsal fin ray can produce a glow used to fish ...
Professor Sophie Scott is joined by James Maclaine, a Curator of fish from the Natural History Museum, who shows her a number of deep sea fish and explains how they use light to communicate in ...
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