Bioluminescence
Living light: deep-sea animals, glowing bacteria partners, dinoflagellates, fireflies and glowing fungi. Each topic lists only known properties from the cited papers; potential uses appear only when researchers proposed them.
- Bioluminescence in the ocean and on land7 studies · Bioluminescence, light made by living things, has evolved many times, from bacteria to fish. Most animals in the open ocean can make light, and on land it is found in fireflies and glowing fungi.
- Glowing bacteria partners and counterillumination4 studies · Some animals glow using light-producing bacteria they host, like the deep-sea anglerfish's lure and the Hawaiian bobtail squid's light organ. Many midwater animals use light on their bellies to erase their shadow, called counterillumination.