Some intriguing creatures in the animal kingdom can glow ... While many plankton species are bioluminescent, Tomopteris is unique in emitting a rare yellow glow.

Bioluminescent organisms produce and radiate light. There are thousands of bioluminescent animals, including species of fishes, squid, shrimps and jellyfish. The light these creatures emit is created ...

The flashlight fish is not alone in using bacteria as light factories. Similar organs housing bioluminescent bacteria are found in deep sea anglerfishes and ponyfishes, too. In fact, a 2016 study ...

2 Almost three centuries later, Gaius Plinius Secundus, a Roman author, conducted an in-depth study on bioluminescence. He discovered many animals that had illuminating capacity such as purple ...

Bioluminescence is widely used for in vivo ... Unfortunately they are not particularly suited to whole-animal in vivo imaging, an application that is becoming increasingly popular.