Bioluminescence
WHS that include notable examples of Bioluminescence, the emission of light during a chemiluminescence reaction by living organisms.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Dorset and East Devon Coast | The Pholas dactylus, or common piddok, glows when you eat it. | |
| Great Smoky Mountains | American fireflies | |
| Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago | "a spectacular bioluminescence experience, where the waters sparkle with planktonic light" | |
| Ogasawara Islands | glow-in-the-dark Mycena chlorophos mushrooms | |
| Western Ghats | "During monsoon season, from June through October, these rain-drenched tropical forests can give off an otherworldly glow, caused by a bioluminescent fungus that grows on rotting bark and twigs on the forest floor." |
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