As the sub dropped below 200 metres, the last traces of light disappeared, and indigo faded into total darkness.

Fascinating and elusive, the deep-sea squid is a creature of intriguing mysteries. One of the most compelling is its ability to use bioluminescent camouflage, a phenomenon recently captured on film.

Some animals produce their own light, no special effects involved. In certain cases, it helps them hunt or avoid predators.

Scientists recently discovered a rare bioluminescent jellyfish species in the coral reefs surrounding the Maldives. This glowing sea creature offers a new spectacle for nighttime divers and marine ...

In “The Radiant Sea,” scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute bring together a lifetime of research and ...

Bioluminescence, Widder believes, is the most common, and most eloquent, language on earth, and it’s informing fields from biomedicine to modern warfare to deep-sea exploration. Most recently, on a ...

You probably don’t associate the Frost Museum of Science with late-night partying. But its newest exhibit, “Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence,” will have guests lingering in a dark, ...

Beneath the ocean's surface lies a world of perpetual darkness, home to some of Earth's most bizarre and fascinating creatures. These deep-sea inhabitants have evolved extraordinary adaptations to ...