Darkness dominates most of the ocean. Sunlight fades quickly as you descend, and by the time you reach the deep sea, natural light disappears entirely. Yet the ocean is far from black. Many marine ...

A deep-sea fish may have figured out a smarter way to glow. New research suggests the bristlemouth Sigmops gracilis may use ...

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications Biology. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming ...

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean's midnight zone with a large gelatinous hood and ...

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Scientists found a bioluminescent deep-sea animal with a “gelatinous” body and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from MBARI From a research vessel off the coast of California, a team of ...

Have you ever wondered how some animals glow in the dark? Bioluminescence is a natural ability in particular living creatures to produce light. It happens through a chemical reaction inside their ...

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, and ...

From the depths of the ocean to the forest floor at night, some animals can do something that seems almost magical: they make their own light. This phenomenon is known as bioluminescence. But glowing ...

Somewhere in the pitch-black water column off the Galápagos Islands, a translucent worm drifted in front of a deep-sea camera ...