Tag: bioluminescence

Researchers are finding more and more species with a surprising trait—they glow under ultraviolet light. The latest to be discovered is a biofluorescent pocket gopher. J.T. Pynne, a recent Ph.D....

When researchers accidentally discovered that platypuses glow under ultraviolet light, it sent scientists scrambling to see what other creatures might secretly do the same. At the Western Australia Museum, scientists...

Could it be that many — maybe even all — amphibians glow and we never knew it? In a recent study in Scientific Reports, researchers found that a variety of...

Habitat loss, artificial light and pesticides are the largest threats impacting fireflies and causing their declines worldwide, according to new research. Scientists surveyed members of the Fireflyers International Network to...