For centuries, sailors have reported eerie encounters with vast stretches of glowing oceans—what they described as “milky ...

"Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the ...

In a nutshell Milky seas are real, massive bioluminescent events that are sometimes larger than 100,000 square kilometers.

Matsu Islands, Taiwan While bioluminescent plankton has many nicknames across the globe, the Taiwanese version is perhaps the most evocative. On Taiwan’s Matsu Islands, located just a few miles ...

Kris Quintanilla has been camping at Goose Island State Park in Rockport, Texas, for 28 years, but he recently discovered something there he had never seen before. While fishing from the park's pier ...

The lights are the result of moving bioluminescent plankton, called dinoflagellates. When these are agitated, they emit a blue-green glow. Vaadhoo, an island in the Raa Atoll, has become best ...

From glowing shores to illuminated caves, let’s explore the places known for bioluminescence. Beneath the ocean of Koh Rong, microscopic plankton sparkle at the brightest with a brilliant blue glow at ...

This incredible phenomenon happens when certain marine organisms, like plankton or algae, emit light when disturbed. The result? A mesmerising, almost otherworldly glow that turns an ordinary ...

The annual lightshow along the Welsh coast has begun again, with glowing phytoplankton marking shorelines with an eerie blue from bioluminescence. The phenomenon can been seen in footage from ...

It only takes the gentle brush of a hand or slow glide of a boat to trigger the sparkling blue-green light of bioluminescent plankton, or phytoplankton. The dinoflagellates — single-celled ...