(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researcher and lecturer Dr David Merritt has discovered Tasmanian cave glow-worms are energy conservationists: they switch their lights off at night-time. The ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. One of the biggest challenges of photographing the native glow worms of New Zealand’s limestone caves is ...

New Zealand's 30-million-year-old limestone caves, with their walls lined with mesmerising bioluminescent glow worms, are a photographer's dream. This is far from the first time Arachnocampa luminosa ...

Ruakuri Cave in Waitomo, New Zealand has a mesmerizing blue glow that is a sight to behold, but the beautiful light comes from an unexpected source: glow worms. The glow worms hang from the cave ...

Fancy taking a cruise through a galaxy of stars? Well this is the next best thing. These tourists are cruising 150ft underground in Waitomo, New Zealand - in pitch-black caves illuminated entirely by ...

Arachnocampa luminosa is a gnat species native to New Zealand. These small insects look like normal mosquitos as adults, but, as larvae, they are proof that sometimes real life is stranger — and more ...