The most well-known, perhaps, is the aptly named lantern shark. This small animal lurks in the deep dark sea, deploying the glow to camouflage itself against the faint blue light of its environment.

Two wildlife charities are recruiting volunteers to help spot glow-in-the-dark caterpillars at night using ultraviolet lights. It is hoped the technique will make surveying butterflies and moths ...

Globally, people get animal protein mostly from chickens, with pigs and cattle in second and third place. A 2023 report ...

Imagine a glow-in-the-dark designer desk, or wooden fence posts that guide you home with their eerie light. Scientists in Switzerland have developed a way to make glowing wood, with the help of a ...

I recently received a question about the use of technology in ecological research, which led to a discussion about blacklights. I wrote a column five years ago about a nighttime adventure in a ...