For over 400 years, sailors have reported a mysterious phenomenon in which the ocean appears to glow as far as the eye can see. “The sea from horizon to horizon in all directions took on a ...

For over 400 years, sailors have reported a mysterious phenomenon in which the ocean appears to glow as far as the eye can see. “The sea from horizon to horizon in all directions took on a ...

Without these glowing travelers, the ocean’s balance would be thrown off, affecting everything from tiny plankton to the largest whales. Human Encounters with the Glowing Deep.

Dolphins light up the ocean: The glowing dolphins caught on camera was likely the most watched video to come out of the entire month of bioluminescence awesomeness, with nearly 7 million views ...

For hundreds of years sailors have told stories about miles of glowing ocean during moonless nights. This phenomenon is known as "milky seas," but the only scientific sample was collected in 1985.

See the ocean’s glow-in-the-dark world on a fluorescent night dive. These kaleidoscopic swims help us better understand and protect our seas. Here’s why—and where—to try it.

Satellite Spots 'Glowing' Ocean For hundreds of years, ship captains in the Indian Ocean have been writing of nighttime voyages through eerie stretches of brightly lit water. Marine biologists ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of glowing sea slug deep in the ocean’s midnight zone. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) scientists said in a press release on Tuesday ...

On 25 January 1995, the British merchant vessel SS Lima was sailing through the Indian Ocean when its crew noticed something odd. In the ship’s log, the captain wrote, “A whitish glow was ...

A new database compiling over 400 sightings of a mysterious ocean phenomenon known as ‘milky seas’ could help scientists soon predict when the odd ocean glows occur.