The angler fish (an entire order of animals ... The brilliant light emitted by jellyfish can also help them find a meal.

A new database compiling over 400 sightings of a mysterious ocean phenomenon known as ‘milky seas’ could help scientists soon ...

In the dim depths, all that the viperfish's would-be prey sees is a glowing morsel ... lights on the deep-sea loosejaw fish may serve to locate prey in the dark, but they likely also function ...

In New Orleans, a Loyola University professor has been creating original art out of glow-in-the-dark fish gut bacteria, enough to fill 1000 Petri dishes. Her first major foray into art was ...

From fireflies to comb jellies, here is a list of eight animals that naturally glow in the dark. Fireflies use flashing light to attract mates, but begin emitting light even as larvae. The glowworm ...

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 ...

Being sharks, they’re hunters but also potential prey for other species, so glowing in the dark might not seem like a very useful feature, but it actually is. Many fish that live near the bottom ...