Known to only live in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, the Solumbellula appeared in the Pacific for the first time to ...

If you have been paying attention to the news the past few years, you may have heard of the glowing sea turtle discovered by marine biologists during a diving trip in the South Pacific. Although this ...

For example, from the sea surface down to 1,500 meters, most of the glowing animals were jellyfish (medusae) or comb jellies (ctenophores). From 1,500 meters to 2,250 meters down, worms were the ...

Among the many species that use bioluminescence in the deep sea is the alarm jellyfish (also known as the Atolla jellyfish). At 6 inches in diameter, it may not seem impressive in the way a 2 ...

Like jellyfish, fungi, sea worms, and fireflies, some species of sea cucumbers glow in the dark. A team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan have found that 10 known deep-sea species are ...

Sea jellies have been on this planet for more than 500 million years, ... They never sleep. The glowing shapes are their gonads. Stephani Gordon. Gathering wild jellies.

After recording the mysterious jellyfish for about 10 minutes at nearly 3,200 feet (974 meters) below sea level, Hercules took a dive to the ocean floor — this time, at about 2,900 feet (899 m ...

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Nicknamed the "mystery mollusc," the nudibranch Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean ...

Scientists have known that sea pickles have special cells called photosites, located as spots around their bodies, that allow them to glow. But the species is hard to study. Credit: David Gruber ...

There are several places you can see bioluminescence in Florida, especially on the state's Space Coast. Guana Lake in Ponte Vedra Beach, located just north of St. Augustine on A1A, offers ...

The Jellyfish Passage – The Jellyfish Passage invites guests to step through a 10-foot-tall living archway of moon jellies, creating an ethereal, glowing atmosphere.Learn fascinating facts about ...