and lights up with brilliant bioluminescence. The team published a description of the animal, nicknamed the "mystery mollusk," in the journal Deep-Sea Research Part I. "Thanks to MBARI's advanced ...

Bioluminescence can serve as a lure to attract ... The cheek lights on the deep-sea loosejaw fish may serve to locate prey in the dark, but they likely also function in mate selection, since ...

An unprecedented sighting of a “black seadevil” fish in surface waters triggered a global outpouring of empathy for the deep ...

Lanternfish are one of many animals that light up the ocean with their glowing bodies. Watch fish expert Ollie Crimmen explain more about these deep-sea dwellers. Lanternfishes have light-producing ...

For this particular ctenophore lives far below the surface of the sea, and few humans have ever seen its kind, let alone its light. The ability to make light—bioluminescence—is both ...

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 ...

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 ...

Their populations are distributed depending on sea surface temperature, salinity, or depth. Many dinoflagellates are known to be bioluminescent. Laboratory experiments have provided insight into the ...

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have discovered Bathydevius caudactylus, a new species of glowing sea slug that lives deep in the ocean.