A beach in Melbourne, Australia has been bathed in an “ethereal glow” at nighttime this week thanks to bioluminescent algae adding a shimmering, electric blue hue to the water and sand. Richard Pensak ...

An ancient and modern mystery, what about bioluminescence inspires such obsession? From Aristotle to Darwin, Humankind’s effort to understand bioluminescence spans thousands of years. Even though it’s ...

Orange County’s beaches are again lighting up with bright bioluminescent waves, with the latest reports coming from Huntington Beach, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach this week. The sightings have been ...

GALVESTON, Texas — If you were near Crystal Beach Friday, you may have noticed an unusual blue glow in the water. What you were seeing is bioluminescence. Experts at Texas A&M at Galveston say algae ...

Bioluminescent tides washing up on Southern California shores left something “mind-blowing” behind — what appears to be glowing sand. Photographer Vishwas Lokesh, who specializes in photos and videos ...

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the stink of decaying ocean life is in all our noses this week as the algae that turned local waves neon blue are now dying off in huge numbers. Local ...

A pungent, fishy, rancid odor has been wafting through the coastal air in Los Angeles this week, an unfortunate consequence of beautiful bioluminescent algae that have graced local beaches for a ...

(CNN) — A beach in Melbourne, Australia has been bathed in a “ethereal glow” at nighttime this week thanks to bioluminescent algae adding a shimmering, electric blue hue to the water and sand. Richard ...