Recently, a new study traced the origin of bioluminescence among the Octocorallia group of Anthozoa, animals including corals and sea anemones. Researchers found evidence of bioluminescence likely ...

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 ...

Kris Quintanilla has been camping at Goose Island State Park in Rockport, Texas, for 28 years, but he recently discovered ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.