The spectacle of thousands of jellyfish at Hobart's waterfront dock may be breathtaking, but a leading scientist has warned ...
Bioluminescence is light produced by an organism ... it secretes a mucus around its light organs to capture it. These ...
Haddock, who primarily studies bioluminescence in jellyfish, had spent much of his career trying to get as close as possible to bioluminescent organisms using crewed or remotely operated deep-sea ...
Meanwhile, other organisms, such as certain jellyfish and worms, deploy bioluminescence as a defense mechanism, releasing glowing particles to confuse and deter predators. Certain species of squid ...
2 Almost three centuries later, Gaius Plinius Secundus, a Roman author, conducted an in-depth study on bioluminescence. He discovered many animals that had illuminating capacity such as purple ...
From the ghostly glow of bioluminescent species like Aequorea victoria to the towering tentacles of the lion’s mane jellyfish, each species reveals a unique facet of nature’s ability to adapt ...
Model Daryn Foertsch, left, wearing Noella Dalpe's "The Luminescent Depths" dress, presents Dalpe herself to the judges.
The intensity of the sting varies by species. Some jellyfish can also generate their own light, called bioluminescence – further adding to their otherworldly beauty. Jellyfish don’t have bones, brains ...
WATCH HERE >> Local Tasmanian biologist and expert on marine ecosystems Lisa Gershwin said witnessing the moon jellyfish combined with a bloom of bioluminescent algae, noctiluca scintillans, would be ...
We live in a magical world, but few things are as exhilarating as the glowing blue of beautiful bioluminescence. This is your bioluminescence bucket list.