The marine photographer who captured the footage said it could be the world's first recorded sighting of a black seadevil ...

The flashlight fish is not alone in using bacteria as light factories. Similar organs housing bioluminescent bacteria are found in deep sea anglerfishes and ponyfishes, too. In fact, a 2016 study ...

A team of marine biologists in Tenerife, Canary Islands, have caught on video a rare black devil fish for the first time in ...

WATCH the moment a terrifying Devil Fish that normally lurks 6,000ft down in total darkness is filmed for the first time near a holiday island. The ghoulish fish was spotted bobbing near the ...

Some fish can also create red light, though is much rarer, and on land fireflies glow yellow. As well as animals, many miniscule plant-like species and fungi can also create bioluminescence. About 75 ...

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 ...

Cookiecutter sharks use their bioluminescent bellies ... after washing onto shore or ending up in a fishing net. There are currently two recognized species of lancetfish: the shortsnouted ...

But none of that is a problem for these ferocious fish! Their dark coloration helps them avoid detection, and their bioluminescence paves the way for them to navigate and hunt. Some species can ...

This phenomenon is primarily observed in marine animals but can also occur in some terrestrial and freshwater species. It’s important to note, however, that bioluminescence does not occur in plants.

In a viral video, marine photographer David Jara Boguna captured a rare sighting of the Black Devil fish near the ocean’s surface off the coast of ...

Glowworms and certain deep-sea fish species are some of the creatures capable of producing and emitting light. But the firefly is probably the Earth's most famous bioluminescent species.