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Some animals produce their own light, no special effects involved. In certain cases, it helps them hunt or avoid predators. In others, it plays a role in communication or camouflage. While many of ...

Darkness dominates most of the ocean. Sunlight fades quickly as you descend, and by the time you reach the deep sea, natural light disappears entirely. Yet the ocean is far from black. Many marine ...

Far below the waves, where sunlight never reaches, scientists keep finding sharks that make their own light. The newest arrival is a pocket-sized predator that glows in the dark, a fresh species that ...

'Ruthless predator' of red tide plankton reveals unusual bioluminescence by Brittany Hook, University of California - San Diego edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

Whether it's the winter dance of the Northern Lights or the summertime glow of fireflies, displays of natural light fascinate us humans. Bioluminescence is the source of many such light shows in the ...

A new study from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla is providing a first-of-its-kind look at the biology of a little-understood species of predatory plankton that ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have identified a microscopic “ruthless predator” that could reshape how researchers understand Southern ...

Nature’s Masters Of Camouflage And The Animals That Can Change Colours Rapidly: Some animals possess the extraordinary ...