Search These are the first ever photos of the kitefin shark, which has the special ability to glow in the dark. (Image credit: Jérôme Mallefet/FNRS/UCLouvain Belgium) These are the first ever photos of a glow-in-the-dark shark CBC Kids News • Published 2021-03-16 06:00 Shark glows using bioluminescence If you’re afraid of sharks creeping up on you in the water, we now know that at least one kind may be easier to spot. For the first time, scientists have captured photos of a shark that glows in the dark depths of the ocean. The study, published by scientists at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand and Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, explains how a shark called the kitefin shark glows using something called bioluminescence.