In recent years, and most likely due to climate change, nighthawks have spotted blooms of bioluminescent plankton here — Dunvegan Bay in the northwest and Anglesey’s Penmon Point are likely locations ...

Traditionally, luminescence has not been able to provide sufficient spatial resolution at the microscopic level without the use of expensive imaging equipment. The new Olympus LV200 microscope has ...

Bioluminescence is widely used for in vivo imaging of nude mice. By conjugating luciferase protein to quantum dots, bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) turns these useful fluorophores ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence -- the biological production of light -- is one of the flashier survival tools used for luring prey, communication ...

Lanternfish are one of many animals that light up the ocean with their glowing bodies. Watch fish expert Ollie Crimmen explain more about these deep-sea dwellers. Lanternfishes have light-producing ...

Watching phytoplankton illuminate the world's shores is an otherworldly experience. With a bit of luck and perseverance, these are the best places to catch the notoriously elusive natural phenomenon.