Bioluminescence is one of nature's most captivating and mysterious phenomena, where living organisms produce their own light. Imagine walking through a dark forest and seeing faint green glows ...

Bioluminescent organisms produce and radiate light. There are thousands of bioluminescent animals, including species of fishes, squid, shrimps and jellyfish. The light these creatures emit is created ...

For deep-sea creatures, where sunlight is nonexistent, bioluminescence acts as a beacon in the perpetual night. Predators like the deep-sea anglerfish use a bioluminescent lure to attract ...

Bioluminescent creatures, including phytoplakton, squid, shrimp, and some fish are found throughout marine habitats, from the ocean surface to the deep sea floor. Today, the glimmering power of ...

Bioluminescence is widely used for in vivo imaging of nude mice. By conjugating luciferase protein to quantum dots, bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) turns these useful fluorophores ...

This makes Lampyris noctiluca the shining star among the bioluminescent creatures. The honey fungus is one of the most amazing creatures on Earth. It may sprout inconspicuously on the forest floor ...

The deep-sea dragonfish is one of the most mysterious and fearsome creatures lurking in the ... ocean known as the midnight zone. From their bioluminescent blue light to their needle-like teeth ...

And those light cells are where the magic happens: the phenomenon of bioluminescence, when a chemical reaction in a living thing emits light. Fireflies aren't the only creatures that have this power.

An extraordinary number of living creatures, from bacteria to insects to sharks, are capable of 'lighting up'. Known as bioluminescence, this 'living light' has long fascinated humans. In 79 AD ...

Artist Cat Ward's "Deep Dive" art installation at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center features sculptures and bioluminescent-inspired paintings of sea creatures. The exhibit is inspired by Ward ...