Bioluminescence is so useful to fish that it evolved 27 times, study says

Friday, June 10, 2016 - 06:20 in Biology & Nature

We don’t often encounter species that produce their own light here on land. Fireflies do it. Some millipedes and fungi do it. That’s about it. But in the murky depths of the ocean, it’s a whole different glowing story. About 1,000 to 1,500 feet beneath the ocean surface, in a region known as the...

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