Watching phytoplankton illuminate the world's shores is an otherworldly experience. With a bit of luck and perseverance, ...

Kris Quintanilla has been camping at Goose Island State Park in Rockport, Texas, for 28 years, but he recently discovered ...

A stunning blue light likely caused by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fuel illuminated the night skies over Europe on Monday.

Bioluminescent luciferase enzymes have historically been too dim to use as probes in living tissue. But recent advances have ...

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 ...

Images of a glowing spiral light spotted in the skies on Monday night have been captured across the East Midlands. The light, ...

Hints of auroras were first faintly detected in ultraviolet light during a flyby of the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1989.

Here are some bioluminescent animals you must see: Black dragonfish are deep-sea predators with sharp teeth and ...

No, it's not a special effect — it's bioluminescence, nature's own neon light show. This incredible phenomenon happens when certain marine organisms, like plankton or algae, emit light when ...

Bioluminescence in the rare Red Sea fish Vinciguerria mabahiss is used for counterillumination, a camouflage technique that makes the fish less visible to predators by mimicking the light from above.