Animals have all sorts of methods to keep them safe and help them survive. There are animals that are so well camouflaged you'd never see them right in front of you, which helps them hide from ...

Shine an ultraviolet flashlight on flying squirrels, and they glow bright pink. Catch a scorpion on a full moon, and you’ll notice that it’s a haunting blue. Rays and sharks can turn neon green, while ...

The bamboo coral _Isidella_ displaying bioluminescence in the Caribbean in 2009. Sönke Johnsen, CC BY-ND Our research focuses on octocorals – soft-bodied corals such as sea fans that have treelike ...

In the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt and in the Banda Sea off the coast of Indonesia, more than two dozen animals were found to glow for the very first time by a dive team. Aviv Perets via Unsplash ...

Light is a primary driver of visual evolution in shrimp, according to new FIU research published this week in Nature Communications Biology. The deep sea is a dark place, with the only light coming ...

Seven animals that glow in the dark are Firefly, Glowworm, Lanternfish, Black Dragon Fish, Atolla Jellyfish, Glowing Snail, and Crystal Jellyfish.

All living beings emit a strange glow linked to vitality that vanishes when they die, according to a study that may lead to a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The same thing that makes their eyes glow helps cats see better in dim light. Cletus Waldman/EyeEm via Getty Images Curious Kids ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Written by Danielle DeLeo, postdoctoral associate in biological sciences at FIU. Our research focuses on octocorals ...