Genetic data also showed 185 species of luminous coral and curated a detailed ... from shallow waters to the light-limited deep sea where bioluminescence is particularly prominent.

Now, a new study has found the earliest example of bioluminescence ... can create coral gardens and animal forests in the oceans, particularly in the deep sea, which can provide homes and even ...

Caption A magnificent coral Iridogorgia magnispiralis, a deep-sea octocorals that are known to be bioluminescent. Researchers now know the common ancestor of all octocorals likely already had the ...

Most flabbergasting are the colors: There are sorbet corals ... and was the first to watch deep-sea animals in the wild, including what must have been bioluminescent creatures that “exploded ...

The ability to make light—bioluminescence—is ... are neither rich fishing grounds, nor coral reefs, nor fashionable research spots such as deep-sea vents. It is these vast expanses that ...

Professor Sophie Scott is joined by James Maclaine, a Curator of fish from the Natural History Museum, who shows her a number of deep sea fish and explains how they use light to communicate in ...