Articles for tag: bioluminescent forest, glowing fungi, glowing plants, natural light phenomena, rainforest biodiversity

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The Forest That Glows at Night

Suhail Ahmed

Step into a tropical forest after sunset and the world rewrites itself in green. Trails flash faintly, roots hum with a soft halo, and mushrooms sketch ghostly rings along fallen logs like secret signage. For decades, researchers described this glow as a curiosity; now it’s a living signal, revealing how forests breathe, feed, and communicate ...

a group of mushrooms growing in the forest

The Secret Life of Bioluminescent Mushrooms in Oregon

Suhail Ahmed

  On damp autumn nights, Oregon’s forests hold a quiet spectacle that most hikers never see: wood that appears to breathe a soft, green light. The glow is not magic, and it is not the work of fireflies – it’s living chemistry from fungal networks threading through stumps and soil. Researchers are racing to understand ...