A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

Now, a new study has found the earliest example of bioluminescence ... can create coral gardens and animal forests in the oceans, particularly in the deep sea, which can provide homes and even ...

Caption A magnificent coral Iridogorgia magnispiralis, a deep-sea octocorals that are known to be bioluminescent. Researchers now know the common ancestor of all octocorals likely already had the ...

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, and ...

Caption A diversity of bamboo corals and golden corals in the central Pacific Ocean, deep-sea octocorals that are known to be bioluminescent. With thousands of living representatives and ...

The ability to make light—bioluminescence—is ... are neither rich fishing grounds, nor coral reefs, nor fashionable research spots such as deep-sea vents. It is these vast expanses that ...

"With their unique traits like bioluminescent lures and large oral gapes, deep-sea anglerfish may be one ... which live in diverse and productive coral reef environments, exhibited much lower ...

The Black Seadevil anglerfish lurks thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface, known for its haunting appearance and bioluminescent ... we know about the deep sea.

It only takes the gentle brush of a hand or slow glide of a boat to trigger the sparkling blue-green light of bioluminescent ... Occurring predominantly in the deep waters of the world’s oceans ...

Professor Sophie Scott is joined by James Maclaine, a Curator of fish from the Natural History Museum, who shows her a number of deep sea fish and explains how they use light to communicate in ...