Known for its glowing blue waves, Vaadhoo Island’s shores light up due to bioluminescent plankton. The surreal glow can be seen especially on warm nights. Ton Sai Beach is famous for its natural ...

In dark settings, these organisms—usually bioluminescent fungi or plankton—emit a natural glow that makes for a breathtaking ...

relative to our usual background of 30,000 phytoplankton cells per liter.” There are many other locations around the world ...

In a paper published in the journal Current Biology, researchers describe a species of bioluminescent phytoplankton, called Pyrocystis noctiluca, that balloons to six times their original size ...

This is the spectacular moment eerie green lights illuminated the dark sky from squid fishing boats. Timelapse footage shows ...

Expedia has released its "Unpack ’25" report identifying trends that provide insight into travelers' motivations for next year. Vrbo, the vacation rental bookings-by-owner site, highlighted the ...

Earth's oceans are full of strange creatures. A team of scientists from the Schmidt Ocean Institute have found a ...

Scientists have discovered a marine animal that can reverse its aging process. The comb jelly, a jellyfish-like creature, can ...

The breathtaking phenomenon of blue waves, known as 'bioluminescence' is caused by bioluminescent phytoplankton, specifically Noctiluca Scintillans, also known as "sea sparkle." It is a ...

a bioluminescent, single-celled species of algal plankton, during its seven-day life cycle. Cells of P. noctiluca are normally around 5% denser than sea water. But after cell division, the two new ...