From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Rare phenomenon of bioluminescence is caused by blooms of plankton which glow to evade or distract predators On the shorelines of New Zealand’s north island, shores have been lit up by the glowing ...

BBC Natural History Unit producer Jonathan Smith reveals how the Blue Planet II team captured this nocturnal sequence on camera. We were in the Sea of Cortez off the California Baja peninsular to film ...

Brits have captured stunning images of the sea lit up at night with a blue glow due to luminous plankton at UK beaches. People may have been left curious as to what is causing the strange lighting ...