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

Picture a pair of eyes the size of soccer balls peering out at you from the dark depths of the ocean. For the colossal squid, ...

Have you ever wondered how some animals glow in the dark? Bioluminescence is a natural ability in particular living creatures to produce light. It happens through a chemical reaction inside their ...

Whether it's the winter dance of the Northern Lights or the summertime glow of fireflies, displays of natural light fascinate us humans. Bioluminescence is the source of many such light shows in the ...

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 ...

The mutualistic association between Vibrio fischeri and the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes has long served as an exemplary model for the study of host–microbe interactions. In this symbiosis, V.

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There are several types of camouflage in the animal kingdom. Most people think of insects that can blend into a pile of leaves or an octopus that can match its surroundings. Transparency is a ...