The first glow-in-the-dark animals may have been ancient corals deep in the ocean

Many animals can glow in the dark. Fireflies famously blink on summer evenings. But most animals that light up are found in the depths of the ocean. In a new study, scientists report that deep-sea corals that lived 540 million years ago may have been the first animals to glow,…

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Danielle Deleo , Andrea Quattrini , Stuart Sandin , Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute , Smithsonian National Museum Of Natural History , Proceedings Of The Royal Society , Scripps Institution Of Oceanography , Smithsonian , Royal Society , Smithsonian National Museum , Steven Haddock , Monterey Bay Aquarium Research , Scripps Institution ,