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 ...

Glow coral, glow. By Kendra Pierre-Louis. Published Jul 5, 2017 7:44 PM EDT. Fluorescence of the mouth region of the reef coral Lobophyllia hemprichii.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Dr. Maarten De Brauwer at Curtin University discovered hairy frogfish have fluorescent lures that glow orange under blue ...

Scientists have uncovered that fish biofluorescence a captivating ability to glow in vivid colors has ancient roots stretching back over 100 million years. This trait evolved independently in reef ...

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.

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