Fluorescence and luminescence are widespread optical phenomena exhibited by
organisms living in terrestrial and aquatic environments. While many underlying mechanistic …

The mysterious world of biofluorescence in terrestrial ecosystems is mesmerizing. Though
not as ubiquitous as in the ocean, it is not a rare phenomenon on land. Fluorescence occurs …

Fluorescence, the absorption of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation reemitted at
longer wavelengths, has been suggested to play several biological roles in metazoans. This …

The occurrence of biofluorescence across Mammalia is an area of active study. We
examined three specimens of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from Tasmania and …

Fluorescence of visible wavelengths under ultraviolet (UV) light has been previously
detected in a wide range of birds, reptiles, and amphibians and a few marsupial mammals …

Biofluorescence is the absorption of electromagnetic radiation (light) at one wavelength
followed by its reemission at a lower energy and longer wavelength by a living organism …

Biofluorescence is widespread in the natural world, but only recently discovered in terrestrial
vertebrates. Here, we report on the discovery of iridophore-based, neon-green flourescence …

Fluorescence is widespread in marine organisms but uncommon in terrestrial tetrapods. We
here show that many chameleon species have bony tubercles protruding from the skull that …

Biofluorescence has been detected in several nocturnal-crepuscular organisms from
invertebrates to birds and mammals. Biofluorescence in mammals has been detected across …

Mammalian fluorescence has been reported from numerous species of monotreme,
marsupial and placental mammal. However, it is unknown how widespread this …