The bamboo coral _Isidella_ displaying bioluminescence in the Caribbean in 2009. Sönke Johnsen, CC BY-ND Our research focuses on octocorals – soft-bodied corals such as sea fans that have treelike ...

Bioluminescence is a chemical process where living organisms generate light. Jellyfish, fireflies, fungi, and more are all known to emit their very own glow. The Greek philosopher Aristotle observed ...

Some creatures glow naturally, in a phenomenon known as bioluminescence. It's thought that this trait has evolved independently in various animals at least 94 times, and has been associated with a ...

Mosquito Bay on Vieques in Puerto Rico is considered the brightest bioluminescent bay in the world. Tiny organisms called ...

An international team of researchers, led by Danielle DeLeo from the Smithsonian Institution, has identified eight organisms with previously unknown luminosity. Using genetic findings from these ...

The phenomenon of bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago, a new study has discovered. The first animals to ever glow in this way were marine invertebrates called ...

The glow of bioluminescent waves is a special sight worth traveling for. Here are our picks for the world's best beaches to ...

Remember those glowing wonders you’d catch in your hands on a warm summer night? Whether you called them fireflies, lightning bugs, glow flies or moon bugs, these beautiful bioluminescent creatures ...

For a moment, I cradled the Milky Way in my hands. There, cupped in my open palms, lay dozens upon dozens of glittering stars. One by one, they faded to black. Yet all I had to do was scoop a hand ...

More than half a billion years ago, the deep, dark ocean was aglow with the eerie light of bioluminescent corals, new genetic and fossil analyses suggest. The findings push the origins of ...

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