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Glowing Sea Creatures Have Been Lighting Up the Oceans for More Than Half a Billion Years
using coral fossils to help calibrate the timeline of when the various octocoral groups appeared. The researchers also tracked the depth bioluminescent octocorals live at to work out whether ...
Where to see the world’s brightest bioluminescent tides
Watching phytoplankton illuminate the world's shores is an otherworldly experience. With a bit of luck and perseverance, ...
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A magnificent coral Iridogorgia magnispiralis (IMAGE)
Caption A magnificent coral Iridogorgia magnispiralis, a deep-sea octocorals that are known to be bioluminescent. Researchers now know the common ancestor of all octocorals likely already had the ...
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Biofluorescence: the making of a new technology
No one had previously thought of this because fluorescence had been linked to bioluminescence, which corals lack. Obtaining coral from a friend's 100-gallon aquarium in a small apartment in Moscow ...
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How To Harvest Swamp Coral From Neon Reefs In Pacific Drive
One of these is Swamp Coral, and these odd, bioluminescent crystals can make some of the best light-providing items in the ...
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Where to see the world’s brightest bioluminescent tides
Home to shallow waters, mangrove forests and coral reefs, the coastal areas ... one of the most popular sites for bioluminescence, is another way to witness the maritime lightshow right from ...