Irradiated with light, it flaps its wings, wiggles its body, and darts effortlessly, carrying these particles, cleaning up the ocean.

A vibrant turquoise patch shimmering in the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean has baffled scientists for over two decades. First spotted in satellite images in the early 2000s, the glowing anomaly ...

An area of the remote Southern Ocean that's long confused ocean color satellites by reflecting large amounts of turquoise-colored light appears to be full of silica-rich diatoms, according to a ...

The fish’s ultrablack body is for camouflage in the deep ocean. “A lot of organisms are producing light — they glow kind of like lightning bugs,” Mr. Frable said.