Bioluminescence is uncommon among nudibranchs and snails, and Bathydevius caudactylus represents an independent evolution of this trait—just the third time bioluminescence has evolved in ...

The snails emit light apparently to avoid predators ... Oba, who specializes in bioluminescence, said the mollusks may be mimicking other luminescent creatures that are believed to glow partly ...

Not to mention glowing bacteria. Indeed ... from jellyfish to swimming snails, are see-through. In another approach, some fish—think sardines—dissolve their silhouettes by having silvery ...

Bioluminescence is widely used for in vivo imaging of nude mice. By conjugating luciferase protein to quantum dots, bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) turns these useful fluorophores ...