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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 06, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: NOAA - Ocean Exploration - Bioluminescence. | Oct 25, 2026 | ||
| Top questions added. | Jun 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Norwegian University of Science and Technology - Bioluminescence as an ecological factor during high Arctic polar night (PDF). | Dec 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Bioluminescence. | Sep 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NOAA - Ocean Exploration - Bioluminescence. | May 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Bioinformatics - Prediction of bioluminescent proteins by using sequence-derived features and lineage-specific scheme. | Apr 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at CalPoly - Bioluminescence to reveal structure and interaction of coastal planktonic communities (PDF). | Feb 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing - RSC Chemical Biology - A versatile bioluminescent probe with tunable color. | Aug 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Marine Science - New insights on crinoid (Echinodermata; Crinoidea) bioluminescence. | Jul 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - The Mechanics of Bioluminescence. | Jun 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Quantification of bioluminescence from the surface to the deep sea demonstrates its predominance as an ecological trait. | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Monterey Bay Aquarium - Illuminating the facts of deep-sea bioluminescence. | Apr 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What causes Bioluminescence? | Nov 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Bioluminescence: light in the dark. | Sep 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - How does bioluminescence work? | Jul 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Bio luminescence. | Jun 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: NOAA National Ocean Service - What is bioluminescence? | Mar 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian Ocean - Bioluminescence. | Jan 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Recent advances in bioluminescent probes for neurobiology. | Dec 16, 2022 | ||
| Noted that the kitefin shark (Dalatias licha), the blackbelly lanternshark (Etmopterus lucifer), and the southern lanternshark (Etmopterus granulosus) produce light by hormonally controlled chemical reactions. | Apr 15, 2021 | ||
| Removed photograph. | Apr 15, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 15, 2016 | ||
| Taxonomic names of bioluminescent fungi updated. |
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Apr 13, 2016 | |
| Text referring to "shimmering phosphorescence" changed to "shimmering radiance." |
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Dec 04, 2014 | |
| Photographs of the bitter oyster fungus (Panellus stipticus), triplewart seadevil (Cryptopsaras couesii), crystal jelly (Aequorea victoria), and swarm of fireflies (family Lampyridae) added. | Dec 04, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Bioluminescence. | Dec 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Bioluminescence. | Jul 03, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - How Bioluminescence Works. | Aug 18, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - How Bioluminescence Works. | May 15, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Digital Photobiology Compendium - Firefly Bioluminescence. | Apr 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Marc Branham - Bioluminescence. | Apr 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Wings in Motion - Light Bioluminescence. | Apr 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Biological Sciences - University of California - Bioluminescence. | Apr 09, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Davidson College - Definition of Bioluminescence. | Apr 09, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute - Bioluminescence. | Dec 06, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 29, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 27, 1999 |
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