Scientists have discovered more than 180 species of biofluorescent fish that glow in neon shades of blue, red, orange and green -- most of them hiding out in tropical coral reefs. Some of the fish ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. During one nighttime dive, the team filmed a biofluorescent ...

Biofluorescence is what happens when an animal absorbs light, then throws it back out in a different color. It’s one of the weirdest and most beautiful traits in the animal kingdom, but now we know it ...

A team of researchers led by scientists from the American Museum of Natural History has released the first report of widespread biofluorescence in the tree of life of fishes, identifying more than 180 ...

Divers spotted a biofluorescent turtle swimming near the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. Divers spotted a biofluorescent turtle swimming near the Solomon ...

The flickering glow comes from thousands of live single-celled organisms called dinoflagellates. The species on display here, Pyrocystis fusiformis, is a spindle-shaped cell about one millimeter ...

Deeper than 200 meters, sunlight starts to disappear. Photosynthesis ceases and the surroundings become twilight. In another couple hundred meters, light will be completely gone and all that remains ...

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Marine biologists were filming sharks and coral when they encountered a "glowing" turtle The turtle was green and red, and one scientist said it looked like a spaceship That’s not a “Teenage Mutant ...