Can We Film this Bioluminescent Shark?
The velvet belly lanternshark is only about one foot long, but it's hiding something huge: a complex system of bioluminescence. Scientists have seen velvet bellies glow in a lab, but this sh... Read allThe velvet belly lanternshark is only about one foot long, but it's hiding something huge: a complex system of bioluminescence. Scientists have seen velvet bellies glow in a lab, but this shark has never been observed lighting up in the wild. In fact, none of the bioluminescent s... Read allThe velvet belly lanternshark is only about one foot long, but it's hiding something huge: a complex system of bioluminescence. Scientists have seen velvet bellies glow in a lab, but this shark has never been observed lighting up in the wild. In fact, none of the bioluminescent shark species have been filmed glowing at depth in the ocean. Evolutionary biologist Nicola... Read all