The first glow-in-the-dark animals may have been ancien...
A new study suggests that the first animal that glowed in the dark was a coral that lived deep in the ocean about half a billion years ago
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A new study suggests that the first animal that glowed in the dark was a coral that lived deep in the ocean about half a billion years ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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, far earlier […]
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