#bioluminescence

#bioluminescence

Early this year, Spanish marine research organization Condrik Tenerife shared what may be the first recorded footage of a black seadevil anglerfish in daylight, near the ocean's surface. The toothy species, famous for its bioluminescent lure, typically spends its entire life navigating darkness thousands of feet below sea level-which lent this particular anglerfish's ascent a sort of heartwrenching magic, despite the fact that she likely made the trip due to stress or illness.

Submissions of scientifically inspired verse, and footsteps glow in a dark field, in this week's pick from the Nature archive.

Stella Maxwell wore a dress made from 125 million bioluminescent Pyrocystis lunula microalgae, revealing light when touched during Iris van Herpen's haute couture show at Paris Fashion Week.