See videos of sea creatures displaying bioluminescence, which will be the focus of deep-sea explore Edith Widder's talk in Springfield Nov. 23.

In the glowing realm of bioluminescence, we can turn to the Hawaiian bobtail squid for an example of this. The Hawaiian bobtail squid is a tiny two-inch long nocturnal squid.

At least 94 living organisms produce their own light through a chemical reaction inside their bodies – an ability called bioluminescence. Examples include luminous fireflies, algae that create ...

To avoid this restriction, which is known as vignetting, Cui explains that the team separated the two lenses and inserted a Keplerian telescope between them. “This ‘telescope-within-a-microscope’ ...

Examples of creatures that generate their own light—a capability known as bioluminescence—are especially common in the ocean, where filmmaker James Cameron purportedly drew inspiration for the ...

Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study from scientists with the ...

Bioluminescence typically occurs in the summer, with prominence along the Space Coast in Brevard County in the Banana River ...

The findings push back the previous oldest dated example of the trait by nearly 300 million years. ... Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago, ...

“Bioluminescence… is perhaps the most common form of communication in the deep ocean,” she said. Think about it. Most of the ocean - about 80% - is completely devoid of natural light.

Bioluminescence is known to play a critical role in helping marine organisms avoid predators and even hide themselves in plain site. At the same time, Cohen continued, ... In the Arctic, for example, ...

For decades, scientists believed the oldest example of animal bioluminescence could be found in a diminutive marine crustacean known as an ostracod, one that lived 267 million years ago and could ...

Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study. The study focuses on an ...