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 ...
Some animals produce their own light, no special effects involved. In certain cases, it helps them hunt or avoid predators.
August’s heat is here, and with 80-degree temperatures lasting well into the evenings, there's no better place to be than on the water. If the standard water adventures are feeling stale, it might be ...
SeaGlass Carousel in Battery Park (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) The New York Aquarium opened in 1896 in Battery Park’s Castle Clinton, filling the sandstone fort with specimens of ...
A group of bizarre creatures from the deep sea pushes the origins of glowing life way, way back in time. Reading time 2 minutes Bioluminescence, the eerie, beautiful phenomena that allows living ...
The splendid deep-sea coral Iridogorgia sp. Deep-sea octocorals that are known to be bioluminescent. Credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. Note to editors: Photos illustrating this ...
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