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A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea creatures—including a “mystery mollusk,” a bioluminescent jellyfish and a “s ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence—the biological production of light—is one of ...

Glowing advantages of Anthozoas in deep sea The research found that bioluminescent capabilities ... a glowing prehistoric shrimp. This timing coincides with the Cambrian explosion, a period ...

Bioluminescence, Widder believes ... At long last, Widder was engaged in light conversation, most likely with a deep-sea shrimp. A sensational highlight came last summer in the Ogasawara Islands ...

Among the most famous are the “green bombers,” deep-sea swimming worms ... briefly blocking the light, the shrimp will dim itself accordingly. The bioluminescent bay on the Puerto Rican ...

Experience the magical bioluminescence phenomenon in Kochi's backwaters with guided kayak tours under the night sky.

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Professor Sophie Scott is joined by James Maclaine, a Curator of fish from the Natural History Museum, who shows her a number of deep sea fish and explains how they use light to communicate in ...