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

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 ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Written by Danielle DeLeo, postdoctoral associate in biological sciences at FIU. Our research focuses on octocorals ...

Beach lovers like myself know that the water sparkles in the sunlight—but in some places in the world, it literally glows.

Scientists say a bioluminescent algae causes the red tides at the centre of recent environmentalist concerns — but that's not to say the magnificent display is totally harmless to marine life.

SeaGlass Carousel in Battery Park (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) The New York Aquarium opened in 1896 in Battery Park’s Castle Clinton, filling the sandstone fort with specimens of ...

Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study. The study focuses on an ancient ...