The research revealed riboflavin as the major fluorescent compound in all extracts of the worm’s luminescent material, including the glowing slime. Although more investigation is needed, the authors ...

When threatened, the marine parchment tube worm secretes a sticky slime that emits a unique long-lasting blue light. New research into how the worm creates and sustains this light suggests that the ...

The research revealed riboflavin as the major fluorescent compound in all extracts of the worm’s luminescent material, including the glowing slime. Although more investigation is needed ...

The research revealed riboflavin as the major fluorescent compound in all extracts of the worm's luminescent material, including the glowing slime. Although more investigation is needed ...

If someone says “You’re glowing!” you may be in love. Or, more likely, you’re a marine animal. It’s a separate process from biofluorescence, in which blue light hits the surface of an ...

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 ...

Our next kid-friendly craft is an easy glow in the dark slime to make a normal day lots more fun. This glowing slime is a fun ...

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 ...

In nature, the peak wavelength (λ max) of bioluminescence for fireflies of different species varies from 536 nm to 638 nm (ref. 5).It was proposed that the main factor that determines the value ...

Bioluminescence -- the ability of living things to produce light via chemical reactions -- has independently evolved at least 94 times in nature and is involved in a huge range of behaviors ...