This year, more than 82,000 people will be told they have bladder cancer, and almost 17,000 will die from it. Now, new technology is helping to light up the problem like never before. Frank Sinatra ...

Often mistaken for fireflies or even worms, Orfelia fultoni are actually the glowing larvae of a fungus gnat. Measuring just 1.5 to 2 centimeters long, these translucent creatures emit bioluminescent ...

San Diego oceans turned an electric shade of blue this week thanks to the return of an unpredictable "red tide" of tiny glowing organisms. The bright blue light, created by phytoplankton through a ...

Frogs and salamanders have been keeping a secret from humans — they can actually glow in the dark. In fact, every single species of amphibian tested in a new study was able to glow under specific ...

Hundreds, if not thousands, of small flashlight fish—glowing blue—began emerging from the underwater cave. They streamed over the reef “like a carpet of lights,” says Phillips. Their illumination was ...

On the slopes of an Indonesian volcano, rivers of light appear to pour out of the dark, glowing an electric blue that looks ...

Scorpions are creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, and come with an evolutionary ooky — that is, the ability to glow under UV (ultraviolet) light. For decades, the reason why scorpions ...

Predators that tread on a colony of parchment tube worms may find themselves slimed. When threatened, these ocean creatures exude a sticky mucus that can glow blue for days (SN: 7/28/14). Making and ...

Across the United States, drivers are looking up at intersections and noticing a new, unfamiliar glow: small blue lights perched near traditional red, yellow and green signals. They are not decorative ...

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