Many animals can glow in the dark. Fireflies famously blink on summer evenings. But most animals that light up are found in the depths of the ocean. In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea ...

The more humans have explored the deep oceans, the more examples we’ve found of animals with a seemingly magical talent: the ability to produce their own light, a feat called bioluminescence.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many animals can glow in the dark. Fireflies famously blink on summer evenings. But most animals that light up are found in the depths of the ocean. In a new study, scientists ...

Most animals that light up are found in the depths of the ocean and they might have been doing it longer than thought (© 2020 MBARI pressroom@mbari.org) Bioluminescence first evolved in animals ...

A new study suggests that the first animal that glowed in the dark was a coral that lived deep in the ocean about half a billion years ago WASHINGTON -- Many animals can glow in the dark.

But most animals that light up are found in the depths of the ocean. In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea corals that lived 540 million years ago may have been the first animals to glow ...

This image provided by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in April 2024 shows bioluminescence in the sea whip coral Funiculina sp. observed under red light in a laboratory. Most animals ...

In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, scientists report that the first animals that glowed may have been coral that lived 540 million ...

Bioluminescence traces back to the Cambrian era — 540 million years ago — and could have been used for communication, courtship and camouflage among the earliest ocean creatures ...

Bioluminescence in marine life dates back 540 million years, winding back the clock by a staggering 300 million years against earlier estimates, a new study finds. "We often think that the deep ...