Recently, a new study traced the origin of bioluminescence among the Octocorallia group of Anthozoa, animals including corals and sea anemones. Researchers found evidence of bioluminescence likely ...

Just as in all bioluminescent organisms ... belong to a larger group called Anthozoa that includes corals and sea anemones. The zoologists looked for which species generate biological light ...

This light is created by a chemical reaction, and it is one example of a phenomenon called bioluminescence. Bioluminescent organisms produce and radiate light. There are thousands of bioluminescent ...

"Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the secrets of this ghostly phenomenon. Satellite imagery of visible light for ...

Bioluminescent bacteriaObservers often describe milky seas as similar in color to glow-in-the-dark stars put on the ceilings of children’s bedrooms. The glow the phenomenon emits has been ...

"Tonight, the bioluminescence was obvious," he said. Using night mode on his phone, Quintanilla's son, Rory, captured the brilliant island located just before the second bend of the pier around 9: ...

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 ...

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 ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Although bioluminescence has been observed for many centuries, its application in biomedicine is relatively recent. Scientists traced back the ...