Fireflies, crustaceans, jellyfish -- lots of living things glow, and they do it for all kinds of reasons, some of which we haven’t even discovered yet.

Welcome to the romantic, violent, treacherous, and murderous mating lives of bugs.

Dr. Emmett Chappelle developed a test to find living microbes on other planets, and while it hasn't yet been used to find life amongst the stars, we've found many applications for it here on Earth

We’ve done a surprising amount of exploration on Mars, from its atmosphere, to its surface, and miles deep into its canyons. But mapping its insides has been a quandary that we hadn’t been able to solve until last week!

Welcome to the romantic, violent, treacherous, and murderous mating lives of bugs.

Living in a cave isn’t easy, but these six cave-dwelling animals have gained some amazing traits to help them survive there!

Some lucky animals are naturally endowed with bioluminescence, or the ability to create light. The firefly, the anglerfish, and a few more surprising creatures use this ability in many ways, including survival, hunting, and mating....

Pyrosequencing is a DNA sequencing-by-synthesis method that detects light emitted during nucleotide incorporation, offering a faster and more cost-effective alternative to the traditional Sanger method. It uses a cascade of enzymatic...

Bioluminescence is a chemical reaction in living creatures that generates light. In some places, the presence of bioluminescent creatures is an indicator of a healthy environment. Learn about the different types of...