There might be plenty of fish in the sea, but evolution seems to prefer the glowing ones. Impressed by the diversity and pervasiveness of light-emitting sea creatures, a team of zoologists ...

Fish use bioluminescence to communicate with one another, to hide their silhouettes from low-lurking predators, as a way to lure prey and even as a defense mechanism. The shining tubeshoulder fish ...

For example: Researchers say bioluminescence, or the ability to glow, has independently arisen no fewer than 27 times in fish. The team published their findings in the journal PLOS One.

Liz writes about the ocean and its protection. A new discovery sets these flashlight fish apart from many other bioluminescent fishes: the flashlight fish uses its light-flashing bacteria for ...

"Bioluminescence as method of assessing fish stocks." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 12 / 141208145138.htm (accessed May 30, 2025). Explore More ...

This barbeled dragonfish is a small bioluminescent deep-sea fish with a long protrusion attached to its chin, known as a barbel, which is tipped with a light-producing organ called a photophore.

The flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to detect and feed on its planktonic prey, according to a new study. The flashlight fish uses bioluminescent light to detect and feed on its ...

Evolving roughly 27 different times in the long history of fish, bioluminescence—the biological production of light—is one of the flashier survival tools used for luring prey, communication ...

Scientists have hypothesized that bioluminescent fish make their own luciferase, the enzyme that catalyzes the reaction that causes luciferin to glow. But in a study published this week (January 8) in ...

Fish use bioluminescence to communicate with one another, to hide their silhouettes from low-lurking predators, as a way to lure prey and even as a defense mechanism. The shining tubeshoulder fish ...