Elizabeth Preston is a freelance science journalist based in Boston. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, the Boston Globe, Aeon and others. Her blog, Inkfish, is hosted by Discover. https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/elizabeth-preston/rss en Biodiversity Fisheries Fri, 13 Jul 2018 03:00:54 +0000 Solvin Zankl, Elizabeth Preston https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/07/13/inside-the-frenzy-for-japans-mysteriously-glowing-firefly-squid https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/07/13/inside-the-frenzy-for-japans-mysteriously-glowing-firefly-squid Near the coast of Japan, the annual spawning ritual of the normally elusive deep-sea creatures attracts the attention of fishers and scientists. Despite years of study, no one fully understands how or why they bioluminesce.