Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence -- the biological production of light -- is one of the flashier survival tools used for luring prey, communication, and ...

Lanternfish are one of many animals that light up the ocean with their glowing bodies. Watch fish expert Ollie Crimmen explain more about these deep-sea dwellers. Lanternfishes have light-producing ...

The ‘Sea of Stars’ is a recurring natural phenomenon that turns the shoreline into a glowing spectacle after nightfall.

Their populations are distributed depending on sea surface temperature, salinity, or depth. Many dinoflagellates are known to be bioluminescent. Laboratory experiments have provided insight into the ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence—the biological production of light—is ...

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 ...

While most of us might think of bioluminescence as an attractor—picture ... A small fish only known to the Red Sea, V. mabahiss lives deep underwater and is seldom encountered by people, so ...