As the song goes, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very shiny nose. An animal with a nose so bright that it could guide ...

Point Reyes National Seashore visitors drag their kayaks into Tomales Bay to see bioluminescence. Two kayakers paddle across ...

The Bioluminescence Hub at Brown, a collaborative team of neuroscientists from around the U.S., found a way to harness light ...

A new bioluminescent tool allows neurons to glow on their own, letting scientists track brain activity without harmful lasers ...

Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study from scientists with the ...

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Beachgoers watch and record images of bioluminescent waves breaking in Huntington Beach on Jan. 2, 2024. Bioluminescence is light emitted by living things through chemical reactions in their bodies.

Bioluminescence is rare on land but common in the ocean. This video explains why. Darkness, depth, and open water create ...

We don’t often encounter species that produce their own light here on land. Fireflies do it. Some millipedes and fungi do it. That’s about it. But in the murky depths of the ocean, it’s a whole ...

Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms, including marine organisms. It occurs through a chemical reaction involving luciferin and luciferase. Bioluminescence is a ...

BK Adventure kayakers encounter bioluminescence in Meritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, July 2023. A good percentage of the population has heard of bioluminescence, but has no idea what it ...