The dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans, also known as sea sparkle, is responsible for the blue-green glow that can be seen ...

The phenomenon is caused by organisms called Noctiluca scintillans, or "sea sparkle." Video courtesy of Reuters Follow TI: On Facebook More from Science The waters surrounding the city of Changle ...

A milky sea sprawling across almost ... concentrated enough to produce a continuous glow. Finally, milky seas had been established as a scientific phenomenon with a biological cause.

How do they get that glow? Biofluorescence is a phenomenon that happens when shorter, high-energy wavelengths of light, meaning UV, violet, and blue, are absorbed by an organism. The energy then ...

the sea of clouds is a natural phenomenon created by the cooling of air close to the earth's surface. It can be viewed before dawn as an ultramarine expanse, and transforms into a golden glow when ...

the phenomenon of bioluminescence, when a chemical reaction in a living thing emits light. Fireflies aren't the only creatures that have this power. Glowworms and certain deep-sea fish species are ...

The glow is due to a natural phenomenon called ... The best place to see this natural phenomenon is Sea of Stars Beach on the Raa Atoll in the Maldives. The world’s a big canvas with nature ...

Some fireflies can synchronize their light emissions through a phenomenon called simultaneous ... signal danger or just glow. Biofluorescence occurs when an animal’s skin or fur absorbs ...