To truly see bioluminescence, you must be there. But skilled photographers with the right gear can offer a glimpse: Alfia Rapicano used a six-second shutter speed to capture this moment at Jervis Bay ...

Explore bioluminescence, the living lights of Earth's deep oceans and forests. Discover the science behind nature's glow, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine stepping into a world where the ocean glows under your fingertips, where every wave sparkles like liquid starlight, and ...

It has been five years since the U.S. Navy left the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. Now the area is becoming commercially developed, and that is threatening one of the world's brightest bioluminescent ...

Imagine gliding across water that glows with every paddle stroke. The sky fades into night, and the surrounding world becomes quiet. Below you, the water lights up with tiny sparks, as if you are ...

It’s well past sunset in Puerto Rico’s La Parguera Bay and the water beneath our boat is as dark as the night sky above. That makes me a bit nervous. But then the light show begins, and all caution is ...

You might have seen it in the Academy Award-winning film “Life of Pi” — a blue glow that grows as main character Pi swirls the water. While this might be the work of CGI in the movie, it’s actually a ...

I’ll never forget that ooey-gooey feeling in Jamaica’s Luminous Lagoon. Its floor was a squishy and thick cloudlike mud. Perhaps in a normal circumstance, it would have grossed me out. But recently it ...

Tiny organisms, dinoflagellates, are responsible for the mystic blue-green glow of the famous bio-bays. You may have seen them on your Instagram feed or on travel blogs — beaches lit up at night with ...