bioluminescence

Wild Video Shows Deep-Sea Squid Using Its 'Headlights' to Attack Camera

Fri, 05/17/2024 - 15:54

A team of marine researchers with the Minderoo—UWA Deep Sea Research Centre got a treat recently, when a rare deep-sea hooked squid (Taningia danae) mistook the crew’s baited camera for prey. The team captured the remarkable footage about 3,281 feet (1 kilometer) beneath the waves in the South Pacific, north of the…

squid, colossal squid, bioluminescence, cephalopod size, heather stewart, octopoteuthidae, alan jamieson

Bioluminescence Is at Least Half a Billion Years Old

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 19:01

Gizmodo : Environment

Bioluminescence, the eerie, beautiful phenomena that allows living things to glow, is way more ancient than previously thought, according to a team of researchers that recently studied the ability in octocorals.

bioluminescence, bioelectromagnetics, ostracod, luciferase, andrea quattrini, firefly, fisheries science

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