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 ...

Deep into the ocean’s heart, where sunlight is a forgotten dream, otherworldly lights pulse in rhythm with life’s heartbeat. This captivating spectacle is the product of bioluminescent glows emitted ...

Have you ever wondered how some animals glow in the dark? Bioluminescence is a natural ability in particular living creatures to produce light. It happens through a chemical reaction inside their ...

Is it a floating blue glow stick? No. Is it bioluminescence? Yes. A TCPalm reporter observed a sliver of a neon blue organism in the surf, which washed up on the sand at the Kimberly Bergalis Memorial ...

Whether it's the winter dance of the Northern Lights or the summertime glow of fireflies, displays of natural light fascinate us humans. Bioluminescence is the source of many such light shows in the ...

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 ...

You probably don’t associate the Frost Museum of Science with late-night partying. But its newest exhibit, “Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence,” will have guests lingering in a dark, ...

Residents of Galveston County are captivated by a stunning bioluminescent glow in Dickinson Bayou, drawing crowds eager to ...

Some of the most bizarre lifeforms on Earth lurk in the deeper realms of the ocean. There was so little known about one of these creatures that it took 20 years just to figure out what exactly it was.

It’s well past sunset in Puerto Rico’s La Parguera Bay and the water beneath our boat is as dark as the night sky above. That makes me a bit nervous. But then the light show begins, and all caution is ...

The saying, “red sky at night, sailor’s delight,” is an age-old adage. According to the Library of Congress, there have been iterations of the ancient axiom, dating back to the times of Shakespeare ...