A golf-ball-sized blue octopus collected nearly a mile beneath the Pacific Ocean in 2015 has been formally described as a new species — and in doing so, it has forced scientists to rewrite the ...

Roughly 14,000 feet beneath the surface of the eastern Pacific, where sunlight has long since given way to permanent darkness ...

A new MBARI video showcases Japetella diaphana, a rare open-water octopus that switches between transparent and opaque orange to evade predators in the ocean's twilight zone, where a mother carries ...

Four thousand meters beneath the Pacific, where water pressure would crush a human ribcage and sunlight is a distant memory, a remotely operated vehicle steered its cameras toward a rotting whale ...

It took 139 years to understand what caused the mysterious “Angel’s Glow” at the Battle of Shiloh.

Like fireflies and many deep-sea creatures, certain fungi can naturally emit light through bioluminescence pathways in which specialized enzymes convert chemical energy into visible light. Medical ...

Scientists suggest algae could be embedded within biosensors that glow when toxins detected in the environment The captivating blue glow emitted by a sea-dwelling species of algae has been harnessed ...

Like fireflies and many deep-sea creatures, certain fungi can naturally emit light through bioluminescence pathways in which specialized enzymes convert chemical energy into visible light. Medical ...

Approximately 75% of marine organisms are bioluminescent, with specialized light-emitting organs called photophores. They use ...

Bioluminescence is one of nature’s coolest tricks. Organisms in many kingdoms of life—including animals, plants and fungi—can create their own light through chemical reactions in their cells. The ...

The fish, who live in pitch-black darkness, likely use their bioluminescent lures to find mates. Males then attach themselves to the females—and never let go.