"When Noctiluca sp blooms it can turn the water a reddish or dark pink color because of the pigments in its cells that come from the organisms that it eats." If the pinkish-red color appears ...

After a several-month study of water samples, scientists concluded that the glowing culprit was Noctiluca scintillans, also known as the speak sparkle. Noctiluca is a marine dinoflagellate that ...

The females' larval looks are likely why these beetles are labelled as 'worms'. Lampyris noctiluca is the glow-worm species most often seen in the UK. These nocturnal beetles, known as common ...

Known as a ‘red tide’ by day, the microalgae Noctiluca scintillans, known as ‘sea sparkle’ emits a bioluminescent blue glow when disturbed at night. Over the last week, residents of Hobart, Tasmania, ...