Watching phytoplankton illuminate the world's shores is an otherworldly experience. With a bit of luck and perseverance, these are the best places to catch the notoriously elusive natural phenomenon.

India’s coastline, rich in biodiversity, is grappling with a growing phenomenon of algal blooms. These events, caused by a sudden surge in phytoplankton biomass, are becoming more frequent and intense ...

Is it glow sticks placed in the water? No. Is it AI-generated? Fortunately, no. Is it magic? Unfortunately, no. If you've ever come across a photo of glowing blue water in Florida across your social ...

For almost two years beginning in 2014, the waters along North America’s Pacific Coast endured the largest and longest-lasting marine heat wave ever recorded. Many species were devastated by ocean ...

Scientists are still puzzled over what appears to be a neurotoxin that's killing dozens of species of fish in the Florida Keys. Called "whirling," the condition involves sick fish swimming in odd, ...

Waves light up blue in Morro Bay early Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, thanks to tiny, single-celled creatures called bioluminescent dinoflagellates that produce bursts of light when disturbed. Chloe Jones ...

A major red tide event occurred in waters off Southern California in the spring of 2020, resulting in dazzling displays of bioluminescence along the coast. The spectacle was caused by exceedingly high ...

SINGAPORE - The waters around Singapore have been "on fire" in recent days, with blue streaks of light resembling the base of a candle's flame spotted in open waters offshore and in waves crashing on ...

Natural magic is returning to Florida’s East Coast in the form of single-celled organisms called dinoflagellates, which light up waters in bright blue hues. The seasonal phenomenon attracts Floridians ...

Highly organised gene patterns and rod-shaped chromosomes set the genome of one species of dinoflagellates apart from other eukaryotes. “The genome for S. microadriaticum had already been sequenced ...