Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ...

Bioluminescence, the ability of living organisms to emit light, is a fascinating phenomenon observed in various life forms, ...

Not content to rely on pure happenstance, the spider, Araneus ventricosus, has found a way to hack the firefly’s ...

2 Almost three centuries later, Gaius Plinius Secundus, a Roman author, conducted an in-depth study on bioluminescence. He discovered many animals that had illuminating capacity such as purple ...

Soon after, the finger-size creatures, which owe their luminescence to a chemical reaction similar to the one seen in ...

Study finds that birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent, suggesting that this "hidden" phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship.

After a month-long journey, Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander has successfully entered orbit around the Moon. After nearly a ...

Bioluminescent rainforest night runs are the latest trend in adventure sports, drawing runners and nature lovers from across ...

Bioluminescence (the light produced by fireflies, for instance) requires a chemical reaction involving the molecules luciferin and luciferase. Biofluorescent creatures generate their glow with ...