Oct. 1 (UPI) --Most female anglerfish boast a fishing-rod like structure extending from their head. At the end of the rod is a luminescent organ. New research suggests the lamp is lit by ...

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, and ...

In a new study published in Ichthyological Research, an international team of researchers studied the organs that produce light in Vinciguerria mabahiss, a rare species of fish from the Red Sea. This ...

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 animal and is ...