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

The new Olympus LV200 microscope has changed all this ... has been optimized for collecting the faint light associated with bioluminescence, providing consistent cellular-level clarity.

While it's difficult to confirm without studying a sample of the red sand or water under a microscope ... that produces the bioluminescence. "Nocticula sp is a type of phytoplankton that turns ...

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, or phytoplankton. The dinoflagellates — single-celled ...