Artificial light is bad news for a wide range of wildlife, but it can be a particular challenge for a unique subset of species: those that make their own glow. "With bioluminescent creatures, you can ...

Nights on Earth are getting brighter with the spread of human light pollution, reducing humankind’s visibility of the cosmos. But the brightening night is also messing with glow-worms, spunky insects ...

Water and wee. That’s what New Zealand glow-worms use to build sticky traps to ensnare their prey. Arachnocampa luminosa lives in wet caves, spending about nine months as a larva, before growing wings ...

Professor of Zoology (Evolution, Behaviour and Environment), University of Sussex The invention of electric light has extended our lives deeper into the night: street lamps help us travel more safely ...