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In "Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence" at the Field Museum, visitors are greeted by everyone's favorite insect, the lightening bug. A giant model and interactive display teaches you how fireflies use their signals to communicate with each other (and how they use it as a "dating" technique!).
In "Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence" at the Field Museum, visitors are introdcued to the world of biofluorescence-- animals and organisms that react basically to black light. For example, in the desert at night, you can pull out a black light, turn it on and suddenly all the scorpions scatter and you see their little blue bodies.
The final piece of the "Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence" at the Field Museum, takes visitors to the deep sea where a variety of creatures have been recreated including anglerfish, the stoplight loosejaw and the vampire squid.
Let there be light — in suburban backyards and the deepest seas, in the darkest caves and on the stumpiest logs. Nature’s lanterns are lighting up the Field Museum courtesty of the exhibit “Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence,” which opens March 7 Bioluminescence means living …