Some fish have a hidden superpower—they can glow in vibrant colors under certain kinds of light. This natural glow, called ...

New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History sheds light on the ancient origins of ...

Scientists have uncovered that fish biofluorescence a captivating ability to glow in vivid colors has ancient roots stretching back over 100 million years. This trait evolved independently in reef ...

"Most are shy, reclusive fish that stay tucked away, but we also identified several sharks that are brilliantly fluorescent," he says. To reveal this underwater world, Gruber set out to photograph ...

As it turns out, my room wasn’t the only place where some of these fish glow in the dark. A team of researchers, including ichthyologist John Sparks and marine biologist David Gruber ...

So far, the variegated snailfish is the only known polar fish to have this glow. Gruber and Sparks collected a juvenile snailfish only about 3/4 inch (1.9 centimeters) long – about the size of a ...

“In retrospect it makes sense—of course a juvenile fish living on an iceberg is making lots of proteins that prevent it from freezing,” explained Gruber. In their genetic analysis, the team ...

“In retrospect it makes sense—of course a juvenile fish living on an iceberg is making lots of proteins that prevent it from freezing,” Gruber tells Popular Science’s Jocelyn Solis-Moreir ...

Sperm whales aren’t the first animal whose brain Gruber has tried to get inside of. The first time he used new technologies to break the barrier between humans and animals revolved around fluorescent ...

So far, the variegated snailfish is the only known polar fish to have this glow. Gruber and Sparks collected a juvenile snailfish only about 3/4 inch (1.9 centimeters) long -- about the size of a ...