The waters surrounding the city of Changle in East China have been glowing blue for the past four days. The phenomenon is caused by organisms called Noctiluca scintillans, or "sea sparkle." ...

A cylindrical foot helps with locomotion on the ocean floor. Like many other bioluminescent organisms in the deep sea, it glows blue, since red light does not transmit far at those depths.

The sea below them was glowing. Just like a mini-golf course under a blue light, some creatures have molecules in their body that glow under certain light conditions. The phenomenon is called ...

The light in question is an ethereal blue that flashes along the edge of a wave as is rolls in to shore. It is caused by bioluminescent plankton, tiny creatures floating in the sea that have the ...

Perhaps most spectacular is the glow that comes from creatures in the water, sometimes called ‘sea fireflies.’ Scientists say the twinkling blue is caused ... with videos under the hashtag ...

Scientists found a bioluminescent deep-sea animal with a “gelatinous” body ... species maneuvering through the water and emitting a blue glow. Its bioluminescence occurs when threatened ...

Photographers and nature lovers have been watching bioluminescent ... about it now - a night out under the stars with hot chocolate and swimming in the bright blue sea. Every splash, every jump ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of glowing sea slug deep in the ocean’s midnight zone. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) scientists said in a press release on Tuesday ...