Off the coast of La Jolla, California, the waters that glow electric blue during red tide events harbor a microscopic hunter with a strange trait: it glows, too, but not like anything else in the ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It only takes the gentle brush of a hand or slow glide of a boat to trigger the sparkling blue-green light of bioluminescent plankton, ...

A bioluminescent red tide makes the ocean glow blue near La Jolla, Calif. in this long-exposure image from 2020. Photo: Erik Jepsen / UC San Diego Red tides regularly make headlines in California, ...

Scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have uncovered new insights into the bioluminescence of a unique species of marine plankton that feeds on other plankton, including the ...

With a boom in social media attention over the last few years, photographers, swimmers, surfers -- even the occasional dog-- have experienced the splendor of bioluminescence, a phenomenon that turns ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It only takes the gentle brush of a hand or slow glide of a boat ...

Watching phytoplankton illuminate the world's shores is an otherworldly experience. With a bit of luck and perseverance, these are the best places to catch the notoriously elusive natural phenomenon.