However, they are not the only ones capable of “lighting up.” Let’s take a closer look at these 7 Bioluminescent Bugs, where they live, their colors, and much more! Railroad worms get their ...

Gliding through bioluminescent mangroves on a kayak presents a magical experience, as paddlers observe the water illuminating ...

A monophyletic concept of Lampyridae is established. The phylogenetic positions of the luminous cantharoid families [Omalisidae, Rhagophthalmidae and Phengodidae] in relation to Lampyridae are ...

And these lightning bugs with their flickering light shows ... And those light cells are where the magic happens: the phenomenon of bioluminescence, when a chemical reaction in a living thing ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Although bioluminescence has been observed for many centuries, its application in biomedicine is relatively recent. Scientists traced back the ...

As well as animals, many miniscule plant-like species and fungi can also create bioluminescence. About 75 species of fungi are capable of giving off an eerie, green light, possibly to attract insects ...

Bioluminescence is widely used for in vivo imaging of nude mice. By conjugating luciferase protein to quantum dots, bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) turns these useful fluorophores ...