Microscopic plant-like organisms that form dazzling turquoise displays in shallow waters have returned as spring in North America transitions into a wet summer. Sunlight and warm temperatures in the ...

Glowing “sea sparkles” in the nighttime waves around Anna Maria Island are stirring wonder as they catch the eyes of beach visitors. Bioluminescence in the ocean can be caused by several types of ...

Headed to the coast soon? There still may be time to see bioluminescence in the ocean, bright blue lights emitted by ocean organisms undergoing chemical reactions. The phenomenon occurs in Noctiluca ...

GALVESTON, Texas — If you were near Crystal Beach Friday, you may have noticed an unusual blue glow in the water. What you were seeing is bioluminescence. Experts at Texas A&M at Galveston say algae ...

KARACHI: The recent greenish discoloration of seawater and night-time glowing along Karachi and parts of the Balochistan coast is caused by a naturally occurring bloom of Noctiluca scintillans, widely ...

In sea fireflies' underwater ballet, the males sway together in perfect, illuminated synchronization, basking in the glow of their secreted iridescent mucus. In sea fireflies' underwater ballet, the ...

The sky was moonless and overcast, leaving no stars to steer by. Alone at the helm in the middle of the Arabian Sea, somewhere between Oman and India, I could see nothing in the ink-black night save ...

A chance encounter with a rare phenomenon called a milky sea connects a sailor and a scientist to explain the ocean’s ghostly glow. By Sam Keck Scott / Hakai Magazine Published Jun 24, 2022 7:00 PM ...

All that glitters is not gold. Sometimes, it’s bioluminescent. Every summer, when dinoflagellate plankton bloom throughout the Salish Sea, water glows an electric blue-green. But there’s a critical ...