Watching phytoplankton illuminate the world's shores is an otherworldly experience. With a bit of luck and perseverance, ...

DeLeo 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 ...

For this particular ctenophore lives far below the surface of the sea, and few humans have ever seen its kind, let alone its light. The ability to make light—bioluminescence—is both ...

"This could be the first recorded sighting in the world of an adult black devil or abyssal anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Although bioluminescence has been observed for many centuries, its application in biomedicine is relatively recent. Scientists traced back the ...

Bioluminescence can serve as a lure to attract ... The cheek lights on the deep-sea loosejaw fish may serve to locate prey in the dark, but they likely also function in mate selection, since ...

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have discovered Bathydevius caudactylus, a new species of glowing sea slug that lives deep in the ocean.

This is the only fish that produces red bioluminescence Many deep-sea creatures give out blue light called bioluminescence - but the stoplight loosejaw emits red light as well. This light is invisible ...

Glowworms and certain deep-sea fish species are some of the creatures capable of producing and emitting light. But the firefly is probably the Earth's most famous bioluminescent species.