For over 400 years, sailors have encountered a fascinating phenomenon where vast stretches of the ocean glow with an ...

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

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

For centuries, sailors spotted a soft white light across ocean waters, known as "milky seas." A new study examines the ...

A likely theory is that the glow comes from activity by a luminous microscopic bacteria called Vibrio harveyi. Both of those climate phenomena are known to impact global weather patterns, prompting ...

For centuries, sailors have described vast oceanic areas emitting an eerie glow, as if bathed in non-existent moonlight.

For centuries, mariners have reported extraordinary glowing waters, known as milky seas, previously dismissed as myth. A new ...

While scientists do not know exactly why this rare glow occurs, it is likely a byproduct of high concentrations of microscopic bioluminescent bacteria called Vibrio harveyi, according to the study.

While scientists do not know exactly why this rare glow occurs, it is likely a byproduct of high concentrations of microscopic bioluminescent bacteria called Vibrio harveyi, according to the study.