Scientists think they know what the first glow-in-the-dark animal was
The Independent - Wed 24 Apr 24The findings push back the previous oldest dated example of the trait by nearly 300 million years.
Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago – study, The Independent - Tue 23 Apr 24First glowing animals lit up the oceans half a billion years ago
Nature News - Tue 23 Apr 24Nature, Published online: 24 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-01183-5Family tree of ‘octocorals’ pushes origin of bioluminescence back to 540 million years ago, when the ...
Bioluminescence evolved 540 million years ago
Cosmos Magazine - Tue 23 Apr 24Scientists have pushed the earliest appearance of bioluminescence among animals back by nearly 300 million years. Bioluminescence is when an organism produces its own light, through chemical ...
Bioluminescence First Evolved in Invertebrates About 540 Million Years Ago
Discover Magazine - Tue 23 Apr 24An ancient soft coral species first lit up about 540 million years ago, according to a statistical model.
Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago, pushing back previous oldest dated example
Phys.org - Tue 23 Apr 24Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine invertebrates called octocorals, according to the results of a new study from scientists with the ...
Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago, ScienceDaily - Wed 24 Apr 24Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago, Scienmag - Tue 23 Apr 24
Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago, Eurekalert - Tue 23 Apr 24
Sea creatures began to glow half a billion years ago
Science - Tue 23 Apr 24Bioluminescence, which has evolved many times across the tree of life, is more ancient than previously thought
In Coral Fossils, Searching for the First Glow of Bioluminescence
New York Times - Tue 23 Apr 24A new study resets the timing for the emergence of bioluminescence back to millions of years earlier than previously thought.
Corals Evolved to Produce Light 540 Million Years Ago
Extremetech - Fri 26 Apr 24Bioluminescence has existed for more than twice as long as previously believed.
Bioluminescence emerged in animals 540 million years ago
Earth.com - Wed 24 Apr 24 When did bioluminescence evolve? It’s older than we thought., National Geographic - Wed 24 Apr 24Bioluminescent Animals Have Been Glowing For At Least 540 Million Years, IFLScience - Wed 24 Apr 24
Bioluminescence First Evolved in Vertebrates Half a Billion Years Ago; How Did Glowing Sea Creatures Develop This Trait?, The Science Times - Wed 24 Apr 24
Animal Bioluminescence Evolved 540 Million Years Ago, Technology Networks - Wed 24 Apr 24
This Animal Was First to Emit Light—540 Million Years Ago, Newsweek - Tue 23 Apr 24
Oldest Bioluminescent Organism Identified as Coral, Reshapes Ancient Ecology Understanding, Mirage News - Tue 23 Apr 24
Bioluminescence Evolved in Animals Over 540M Years Ago, Mirage News - Tue 23 Apr 24
Bioluminescence Evolved in The Abyss 540 Million Years Ago, Study Finds
ScienceAlert - Wed 24 Apr 24Lighting the darkness.
Glow-in-the-Dark Animals May Have Been Around for 540 Million Years
Scientific American - Tue 23 Apr 24Ancestors of so-called “soft” corals may have developed bioluminescence in the earliest days of deep-ocean living
Glowing Sea Creatures Have Been Lighting Up the Oceans for More Than Half a Billion Years
Smithsonian Magazine - Tue 23 Apr 24New research on branching animals known as octocorals pushes the early days of bioluminescence back over 200 million years
Bioluminescence may have evolved 300 million years earlier than scientists previously thought
Popular Science - Tue 23 Apr 24The coral Iridogorgia magnispiralis. Deep-sea octocorals like this are known to be bioluminescent. NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Deepwater Wonders of Wake Many ...
Animals started glowing in the dark nearly 300 million years earlier than we thought
Livescience - Tue 23 Apr 24Bioluminescence traces back to the Cambrian era — 540 million years ago — and could have been used for communication, courtship and camouflage among the earliest ...
Study traces bioluminescence back 540 million years in octocorals
SpaceDaily - Sun 28 Apr 24Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2024 Bioluminescence, the ability of organisms to emit light, originated in marine invertebrates known as octocorals at least 540 million years ago, a study by ...
Coral identified as oldest bioluminescent organism, suggesting a new model of ancient ecology
Scienmag - Tue 23 Apr 24An international team of researchers, led by Danielle DeLeo from the Smithsonian Institution, has identified eight organisms with previously unknown luminosity. Using genetic findings from these ...
Coral identified as oldest bioluminescent organism, suggesting a new model of ancient ecology, Eurekalert - Tue 23 Apr 24