‘I was, like, Wow’: An Irish scientist on his glow-fish discovery

It looks awkward, but the lumpfish has a secret newly revealed by Dr Thomas Juhasz-Dora, a UCC PhD student

Lumpfish: scientists have discovered that these bumpy, bottom-dwelling fish, found in the North Atlantic and parts of the Arctic Ocean, glow under UV light. Photograph: Thomas Juhasz-Dora via New York Times
Lumpfish: scientists have discovered that these bumpy, bottom-dwelling fish, found in the North Atlantic and parts of the Arctic Ocean, glow under UV light. Photograph: Thomas Juhasz-Dora via New York Times