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From glowing corals to vomiting shrimp, animals have used bioluminescence to communicate for millions of years – here’s what scientists still don’t know about it

  • Written by Danielle DeLeo, Postdoctoral Associate in Biological Sciences, Florida International University
imageThe bamboo coral _Isidella_ displaying bioluminescence in the Caribbean in 2009.Sönke Johnsen, CC BY-ND

Humans have long been fascinated by organisms that can produce light. Aristotle, who was a scientist as well as a philosopher, wrote the first detailed descriptions of what he called “cold light” more than 2,000 years ago. More...

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