Organisms belonging to all life kingdoms may have the natural capacity to fluoresce.
Autofluorescence events depend on the presence of natural biomolecules, namely …

Fluorescence, the optical phenomenon whereby short-wavelength light is absorbed and
emitted at longer wavelengths, has been widely described in aquatic habitats, in both …

Photoluminescence in the pelage of mammals, a topic that has gained considerable recent
research interest, was first documented in the 1700s and reported sporadically in the …

Examples of photoluminescence (PL) are being reported with increasing frequency in a
wide range of organisms from diverse ecosystems. However, the chemical basis of this PL …

While an array of taxa are capable of producing fluorescent pigments, fluorescence in
mammals is a novel and poorly understood phenomenon. A first step towards understanding …

Mammals are generally brown in colour, but recent publications are showing that they may
not be as uniform as once assumed. Monotremes, marsupials, and a handful of eutherians …

Every year, more and more discoveries of photoluminescence in different mammal species
are made. The more recent cases thus far have been in duck-billed platypus …

Gliding is only present in six extant groups of mammals—interestingly, despite divergent
evolutionary histories, all mammalian gliders are strictly nocturnal. Gliding mammals also …

As highly relevant environmental contaminants, metals and metalloids have been
extensively evaluated for decades in biomonitoring programs, due to their potential toxicity …

Fluorescence induced by ultraviolet light has been observed in many animals, from
invertebrates to mammals. Fluorophores (chemical compounds responsible for …