Flashlight fish favor dark environments like caves and overhangs. In those conditions, they end up looking like a pair of spooky glowing eyes with no body, as in the video above.

The explanation for why scorpions glow in the dark when you shine a UV light on them is not completely understood. Scorpions have hard shells like crawfish, and the fluorescent property is in the ...

One study based in Australia shows the ocean’s well-camouflaged species, known as “cryptic fish,” are up to 70 times more likely to glow than more visible critters.

In New Orleans, a Loyola University professor has been creating original art out of glow-in-the-dark fish gut bacteria, enough to fill 1000 Petri dishes. Her first major foray into art was biomorph… ...

In all, 57 known shark species glow, which is more than 10 percent of all sharks, Jérôme Mallefet, a marine biologist at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, told Mongabay’s ...

Flashy exotic birds can actually glow in the dark The birds, known for their showy displays, look even more colorful than we thought. Elizabeth Rayne – Feb 23, 2025 7:20 am | 30 ...

Flashlight Fish Wear Glow-in-the-Dark Bacteria Eyeliner. by Melissa T. Miller. Nov 9 2022 • 3:29 PM. Many people just found out that flashlight fish exist, thanks to the viral tweet below.

You know those little glow-in-the-dark stars that dot the ceilings of children’s rooms? Yeah, I didn’t have stars. Instead, I ...