Bioluminescence—the ability of living things to produce light via chemical reactions—has independently evolved at least 94 times in nature and is involved in a huge range of behaviors ...

Ecologists have observed a species of nocturnal spider attracting prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already ...

Hundreds of plants, fungi, and animals can do it. Now scientists think bioluminescence may have evolved 540 million years ago in Earth’s ancient oceans.

Ecologists saw nocturnal spiders attracting prey with its web by using fireflies as bait, according to a new study.

Bioluminescence is the natural chemical process of light creation in some living creatures that makes fireflies flicker and some jellyfish glow. Scientists have long been interested in borrowing ...

The worms could also be among the only known bioluminescent animals that use UV light to glow. The findings are described in a study published April 8 in the journal Current Biology.

The findings, published Thursday (Aug. 28) in the Journal of Animal Ecology, revealed the LED webs attracted three times more ...

Learn about glow-in-the-dark succulent plants that are powered by sunlight, paving the way for more sustainable lighting.

University students might soon have something other than black-light posters to brighten their dorm rooms. Researchers have created glow-in-the-dark plants by injecting succulents with materials ...

Researchers have created glow-in-the-dark plants by injecting succulents with materials similar to those that make the posters light up. The fleshy plants shine as brightly as a night light, and can ...

Halloween gets bioluminescent at the ‘Living Light Experience' in La Jolla Plankton are the miniscule marvels of this interactive station at Birch Aquarium.