Scientists have taken the first ever photos of a glow-in-the-dark shark producing its own light. The kitefin shark, Dalatias licha, is the world’s largest known bioluminescent vertebrate ...

The shark lives in the dimly lit "twilight zone" of the ocean, and may glow to camouflage itself as it hunts. Jerome Mallefet was about to call it quits. For a month, he had worked 12-hour shifts ...

The first detailed study of the rare splendid lantern shark reveals that not only does it glow in the dark, but the light effects create a "cloak of invisibility" that helps shield it from predators.

Its scientific name is Etmopterus benchleyi, after the shark conservationist and Jaws ... All lanternsharks glow as a form of camouflage, called counter elimination, that helps diminish its ...

Scientists have taken the first ever photos of a glow-in-the-dark shark producing its own light. The kitefin shark, Dalatias licha, is the world’s largest known bioluminescent vertebrate ...