The single-celled organisms usually shimmer for mere milliseconds, but researchers figured out how to sustain their ...

Scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have uncovered new insights into the bioluminescence of a unique species of marine plankton that feeds on other plankton, including the ...

Being able to multiply the species in a lab revealed information about its hunting technique and bioluminescence and opened ...

We can't point and shout with excitement as a bioluminescent plankton breaches or blows a moist puff of air like a whale ...

Imagine a sea of glowing blue lights pulsing to the beat of the music. But instead of glow sticks filled with toxic chemicals ...

BK Adventure kayakers encounter bioluminescence in Meritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, July 2023. A good percentage of the population has heard of bioluminescence, but has no idea what it ...

Ten formidable squid species transform the deep ocean into a scene of living monsters, utilizing massive eyes and jet-powered ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have identified a microscopic “ruthless predator” that could reshape how researchers understand Southern ...

There might be plenty of fish in the sea, but evolution seems to prefer the glowing ones. Impressed by the diversity and pervasiveness of light-emitting sea creatures, a team of zoologists recently ...

We don’t often encounter species that produce their own light here on land. Fireflies do it. Some millipedes and fungi do it. That’s about it. But in the murky depths of the ocean, it’s a whole ...

Picture the scene: you are a small theropod dinosaur settling down to take a nap in Cretaceous Myanmar. The Sun has set and ...