James Cook University scientists have been trying to discover exactly why some animals glow under ultraviolet light. JCU ...

The team found the molecule porphyrin causes the fur of bandicoots, quolls, and possums to glow bright pink under black light. Meanwhile metabolites of tryptophan produce a blue shade. Sometimes the ...

A study reviewing 50 years of ornithological literature shows that familiar, visually appealing avians are the subject of ...