The vibrant, fluorescent glow, like that shown in Chasing Coral, is only known to occur after a coral bleaching event.Yet the reason only certain corals ‘glow’, and why these corals only glow ...

Colorful bleaching has been observed since 2010 in coral reefs across the globe, but the mechanism and reasoning behind it hasn’t been understood. Now, researchers believe the glowing corals are ...

Algae is not the only source of pigmentation in coral. Some also fluorescent pigments that glow bright colors, including pink, purple, blue, green, and red.

Mikhail Matz, a coral scientist at the University of Texas at Austin, says he’s not yet convinced this completely explains the function of the fluorescent pigment in deep water corals. As humans ...

Corals generally get their glow from fluorescent pigments that act as ... Wiedenmann packed samples of 16 different species of coral into plastic bags and brought them back to his lab in England ...

The research maps biofluorescence across 459 glowing fish species and shows just how varied the colors have become.

WILD NATURE Deep-sea discovery: Ancient coral may have been the first glow-in-the-dark creatures, study finds Marine creatures use light for various purposes, such as startling predators, luring ...

This is the spectacular moment a fluorescent coral dazzled in an aquarium. Footage shows a man grabbing a neon green hammer coral in the tank in Fujian, China, on October 20.

Many animals can glow in the dark. In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea corals that lived 540 million years ago may have been the first animals to glow, far earlier than previously thought.

Some fish have a hidden superpower—they can glow in vibrant colors under certain kinds of light. This natural glow, called ...