Sea fireflies

(University of California - Santa Barbara) Evolution is a rich and dynamic process. Species respond to pressures in a variety of ways, most of which reduce to finding food, avoiding becoming someone else's food and attracting a mate. To solve that last one the animal kingdom is replete with fantastic, bizarre and mesmerizing adaptions. The bioluminescent courtship displays of ostracods may encapsulate all three.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - January 30, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news