and lights up with brilliant bioluminescence. The team published a description of the animal, nicknamed the "mystery mollusk," in the journal Deep-Sea Research Part I. "Thanks to MBARI's advanced ...

Usually, sea slugs use their rough tongues to scrape food off the seafloor. But this mysterious, bioluminescent mollusk uses its hood to snatch its food mid-swim. Researchers still aren't sure how ...

Researchers from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have identified a new species of bioluminescent sea slug, Bathydevius caudactylus, in the deep sea off the coast of California. The ...

The creature, which was first spotted more than two decades ago, is described as a gelatinous and bioluminescent being living in the deep sea. The institute shared footage of this one-of-a-kind ...

Researchers near California waters found an elusive, deep sea “mystery” mollusk that operates as a Venus fly trap far below depth. The creature is also spectacularly bioluminescent with a ...

More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it was a new species of sea slug ...

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Hundreds of thousands of bioluminescent dinoflagellates live in each gallon of bay water, and the light show put on by these tiny creatures provide is truly a (natural) wonder to behold.

But what truly sets this creature apart is its ability to light up the deep sea with a brilliant bioluminescence. Interestingly, this is the first-of-its-kind glowing creature found in this zone.