The ocean is glowing neon blue at night– and a boat tour out of Newport Beach Wednesday evening will attempt to get passengers up close with the phenomenon that makes the water light up.

On certain nights along the California coast, the ocean seems to switch on. A wave breaks and the foam flashes blue. A surfer ...

This is no watered-down phenomenon. Bright, neon-blue ocean currents are being seen off the California coast in a stunning display of bioluminescence. Gorgeous streaks of neon blue water, called ...

Bioluminescence is one of those natural phenomena that you simply have to see to believe. The idea of shores glowing with a glittering, blue-green light sounds like something out of a fever dream, but ...

I remember first moving here and seeing that thinking it was some sort of toxic radiation, but it’s not. It’s called bioluminescence, which is the emission of light by something living in the water.