In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...

A spectacular burst of color visible from space is drawing global attention—not for its beauty, but for the warning it ...

The females' larval looks are likely why these beetles are labelled as 'worms'. Lampyris noctiluca is the glow-worm species most often seen in the UK. These nocturnal beetles, known as common ...

Known as a ‘red tide’ by day, the microalgae Noctiluca scintillans, known as ‘sea sparkle’ emits a bioluminescent blue glow when disturbed at night. Over the last week, residents of Hobart, Tasmania, ...

The glow is an indicator of a harmful algal bloom created by something called Noctiluca scintillans, nicknamed Sea Sparkle. It looks like algae and can act like algae. But it’s not quite.