The beautiful, electric blue glowing water can be tough to track in nature – usually lighting up far past bedtime and elusively moving from beach to beach with ocean currents. Other times, the ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — For centuries, sailors have returned from voyages with tales of vast stretches of ocean that glow white at night, creating an eerie illumination that stretches from horizon to ...

The public is invited to take part in an ocean journey that will give them to chance to witness the glowing blue waters caused by seasonal algal blooms in Southern California. The Ocean Institute, a ...

On certain nights along the California coast, the ocean seems to switch on. A wave breaks and the foam flashes blue. A surfer ...

CATCHING AN IRIDESCENT FLASH... across the ocean's surface isn't a totally unexpected experience for the lover of the damp. You might have seen a spyhopping whale or a splashing seabird or perhaps the ...

Using nearly a decade of satellite data, researchers at Colorado State University have uncovered “milky seas” in a way they’ve never been seen before – a rare and fascinating oceanic bioluminescent ...

Glowing green waters surrounded a boat in the Arabian Sea. Illustration by Mercedes Minck The sky was moonless and overcast, leaving no stars to steer by. Alone at the helm in the middle of the ...

Bioluminescent microalgae are creating a natural blue glow when the water is stirred up. Finding high concentrations of the algae can be hit or miss, but the sightings have been common enough lately ...