When Melanie Bryan pilots her dinghy through the Morro Bay harbor, she leaves a streak of glowing blue water in the ocean behind her. “It’s just a splattering of turquoise-glowing blue,” Bryan said.

The beautiful, electric blue glowing water can be tough to track in nature – usually lighting up far past bedtime and elusively moving from beach to beach with ocean currents. Other times, the ...

Beachgoers spotted bright blue, glowing waves in Southern California’s coastline this week. The bioluminescence waves, which turn the ocean red during the day and glow neon blue night, have been ...

SAN DIEGO — We’ve seen the incredible images of the blue waves around San Diego. And now we know a bit more about the teeny tiny marine algae that causes them. CBS 8’s Neda Iranpour takes a deep dive ...

Southern California's coast has taken on an unusual appearance in recent days. Every night, the water gets a "beautiful blue glow." Videos from the coastline show dolphins jumping through glowing ...

A pungent, fishy, rancid odor has been wafting through the coastal air in Los Angeles this week, an unfortunate consequence of beautiful bioluminescent algae that have graced local beaches for a ...

Bioluminescence is the ability of organisms to create and emit light when chemical reactions happen, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Marine animals can use it to ...

The bright blue, glowing waves are back off Southern California’s coastline, lighting up dark beaches for the past week to the delight of beachgoers who scout out the unusual sight. The bioluminescent ...