Most nudibranchs, also known as sea slugs, live on the seafloor. Nudibranchs are common in coastal environments—including tide pools, kelp forests, and coral reefs—and a small number of ...

Caption A magnificent coral Iridogorgia magnispiralis, a deep-sea octocorals that are known to be bioluminescent. Researchers now know the common ancestor of all octocorals likely already had the ...

Caption A diversity of bamboo corals and golden corals in the central Pacific Ocean, deep-sea octocorals that are known to be bioluminescent. With thousands of living representatives and ...

From their bioluminescent blue light to their needle-like teeth, these deep-sea fish are like vampires; they're born for life in the dark. Heck, even vampires might be scared of these creepy ocean ...

The ability to make light—bioluminescence—is ... are neither rich fishing grounds, nor coral reefs, nor fashionable research spots such as deep-sea vents. It is these vast expanses that ...

The benefits of bioluminescence are as diverse and varied as the species that possess this luminous capability, indicating that there is not one singular reason for its existence. For deep-sea ...

Even in one organism bioluminescence can have multiple uses. In the deep sea, light is used to attract prey or a mate, to frighten away predators, to observe surroundings, or - like the bobtail squid ...

Professor Sophie Scott is joined by James Maclaine, a Curator of fish from the Natural History Museum, who shows her a number of deep sea fish and explains how they use light to communicate in ...

From their bioluminescent blue light to their needle-like teeth, these deep-sea fish are like vampires; they're born for life in the dark. Heck, even vampires might be scared of these creepy ocean ...