Tag: Bioluminescence
Is there life in the sea that hasn’t been discovered?
Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If...
Synchrony with chaos – blinking lights of a firefly swarm embody...
Raphael Sarfati, University of Colorado Boulder
Imagine an old-growth forest in the fading light of a summer evening. As...
Fireflies need dark nights for their summer light shows – here’s...
Avalon C.S. Owens, Tufts University and Sara Lewis, Tufts University
Before humans invented fire, the only things that lit...
How fireflies glow – and what signals they’re sending
Clyde Sorenson, North Carolina State University
You might not really be sure you saw what you think you saw when the first one shows up....
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
