Shining a (UV) light on the glow-in-the-dark platypus
Published Date: 10/29/2020
Source: phys.org
The fur of the platypus—an Australian species threatened with extinction—glows green under ultraviolet light, a new study finds. This is the first observation of biofluorescence in an egg-laying mammal (monotreme), suggesting this extraordinary trait may not be as rare as previously thought.