Brunskill, an officer aboard a ship called the SS Ixion that had sailed through the Arabian Sea in 1967. Nearly 10 years later, another crew aboard a vessel named the MV Westmorland ...

Milky seas are a rare bioluminescent phenomenon where vast areas of the ocean glow at night, sometimes for months. This glow, likely caused by Vibrio harveyi bacteria, has been reported by sailors for ...

These deep-sea oases are just some of many areas of ... dusky glow even at high noon, they saw this bioluminescent jellyfish (Colobonema sericeum). It may have been waiting for prey to rise ...

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 ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Although bioluminescence has been observed for many centuries, its application in biomedicine is relatively recent. Scientists traced back the ...

“The sea from horizon to horizon in all directions took on a phosphorescence glow … the moon had just set and the whole sea was several shades lighter than the sky,” wrote J ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence -- the ... A small fish only known to the Red Sea, V. mabahiss lives deep underwater and is seldom encountered ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence—the ... A small fish only known to the Red Sea, V. mabahiss lives deep underwater and is seldom encountered ...

This is the only fish that produces red bioluminescence Many deep-sea creatures give out blue light called bioluminescence - but the stoplight loosejaw emits red light as well. This light is invisible ...

From bioluminescent wonders to deep-sea mysteries, these extraordinary creatures showcase nature’s creativity. Some have mesmerizing colors, while others possess fascinating survival abilities.