The spectacle, often caused by a bloom of bioluminescent phytoplankton, such as dinoflagellates, has many asking why organisms would risk burning energy trying to produce such captivating light in ...

The water was glowing. It came in with a wave ... waters in the spring and the light created the perfect conditions for phytoplankton, or plant plankton, to grow, and animal plankton to come ...

Seemingly out of nowhere, patches of Tasmania's south-east coastline have become streaked with red trails.The region is a ...

In late October and early November, many of Southern California’s beaches had bright blue waves. The glow was caused by large ...

relative to our usual background of 30,000 phytoplankton cells per liter.” There are many other locations around the world where you can experience the majestic natural beauty. Bioluminescent ...

Instead he stared down at the waves lapping the shores of Dunraven Bay, Vale of Glamorgan, where bioluminescent plankton were lighting the water an incredible electric blue. Captured in the early ...