NOAA team has combined 400 years of sailor journals with satellite imagery to build the first predictive map of “milky seas.” ...

Bioluminescence (aka the ‘Sea of Stars’) is also visible on other islands in the Maldives, such as Mudhdhoo, in the Baa Atoll ...

From the deck of the American clipper ship Shooting Star, sailors watched a mysterious and unsettling scene. Describing the ...

it is likely a byproduct of high concentrations of microscopic bioluminescent bacteria called Vibrio harveyi, according to ...

Unlike most bioluminescent creatures that produce blue or green light ... are actually colonies of specialized polyps working together as a single organism. When stimulated by touch or water movement, ...

The lights are the result of moving bioluminescent plankton ... as actions like wading into the water can disrupt fragile marine ecosystems.’ And while the ‘Sea of Stars’ is a standout ...

The glow the phenomenon emits has been reported ... by a research vessel that had collected and tested a water sample during a “milky sea” event. “But besides that, the circumstances for ...

"Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the secrets of this ghostly phenomenon.