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 ...

Seeing bioluminescence is like fireflies - conditions have to be just right and there's a bit of luck involved, but these locations give you the best chance.

BK Adventure kayakers encounter bioluminescence in Meritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, July 2023. A good percentage of the population has heard of bioluminescence, but has no idea what it ...

You’ve probably seen or heard at least once in your lifetime about fireflies – the famous light-emitting insects! They form the Lampyridae family and are sometimes called glowworms or lightning bugs.

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Iridescent, neon blue waves have ...

Each summer, fireflies famously take to the evening skies in an otherworldly display of bioluminescence, emanating electric shades of green, yellow, orange, and even blue. More than 2,000 firefly ...

Humans have long been fascinated by organisms that can produce light. Aristotle, who was a scientist as well as a philosopher, wrote the first detailed descriptions of what he called "cold light" more ...

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 ...

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 ...

Solar storm creates Northern Lights over Arizona while rare bioluminescent waves glow blue on Puerto Peñasco beaches this ...