Watching phytoplankton illuminate the world's shores is an otherworldly experience. With a bit of luck and perseverance, ...

Thanks to its volcanic geography, it boasts some impressive underwater caverns and cave systems, which, combined with its glorious coral reefs and remarkable variety of marine life, make it a ...

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using coral fossils to help calibrate the timeline of when the various octocoral groups appeared. The researchers also tracked the depth bioluminescent octocorals live at to work out whether ...

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 ...

No one had previously thought of this because fluorescence had been linked to bioluminescence, which corals lack. Obtaining coral from a friend's 100-gallon aquarium in a small apartment in Moscow ...

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

Puerto Rico is a sanctuary of rare biodiversity, where lush rainforests, bioluminescent bays and ... U.S. National Forest System — to the vibrant coral reefs and intricate mangroves along ...

Home to shallow waters, mangrove forests and coral reefs, the coastal areas ... one of the most popular sites for bioluminescence, is another way to witness the maritime lightshow right from ...