In this case, the fish doesn’t make the light itself. Instead, luminous bacteria, which live within the lure, do the glowing. It’s of mutual benefit: The bacteria get shelter, the fish gets light.

Imagine stepping outside at night and being greeted by softly glowing leaves and flowers, casting an ethereal light over your ...

Luminous objects, like the Sun, can be seen because they produce their own light. The light travels in a straight line directly from the source to your eye. Non-luminous objects, like the Moon ...

A team of Japanese and Thai researchers has found four species of luminous land snails, only the second such discovery after one came to light in 1943. Scientists from Chubu University in Kasugai ...