The Hawaiian bobtail squid, a small, multi-colored native of coastal waters in Hawai'i, uses bioluminescence to camouflage itself and evade predators. However, the costume change is only possible ...

Darkness dominates most of the ocean. Sunlight fades quickly as you descend, and by the time you reach the deep sea, natural ...

Whether it's the winter dance of the Northern Lights or the summertime glow of fireflies, displays of natural light fascinate us humans. Bioluminescence is the source of many such light shows in the ...

Have you ever wondered how some animals glow in the dark? Bioluminescence is a natural ability in particular living creatures to produce light. It happens through a chemical reaction inside their ...

Naming all of the soggy and sloshy and spectacular superstars of the ocean would take all day long, and probably several days to complete (if, indeed, such a massive task could ever truly be completed ...

The mutualistic association between Vibrio fischeri and the bobtail squid Euprymna scolopes has long served as an exemplary model for the study of host–microbe interactions. In this symbiosis, V.

How much squid do short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) off the coast of Hawai'i need to consume each day to survive and are there sufficient squid to sustain the population? Knowing ...

There are several types of camouflage in the animal kingdom. Most people think of insects that can blend into a pile of leaves or an octopus that can match its surroundings. Transparency is a ...

Fluorescence confocal microscopy was used to track how the protein moved throughout the squid when SypC was present and absent. The Hawaiian bobtail squid, a small, multi-colored native of coastal ...