biochemical defense

Marine biologist Dimitri Deheyn at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography takes us to a specialized aquarium where rows of intertidal anemones are thriving. Amid the hum of equipment and the scent of algae, Deheyn carefully transfers one of these fascinating creatures into a petri dish and heads to the photobiology laboratory. Here, the real magic happens. In the darkness of the lab, under an ultraviolet (UV) spotlight, the seemingly ordinary anemone glows a brilliant green, showcasing the wonder of biofluorescence.