The Importance of Darkness: How Light Pollution Affects Us All​

Fluorescent scene, New Zealand

The Importance of Darkness: How Light Pollution Affects Us All Of all the things we take for granted, the night sky has to be one of the most overlooked. Seeing the Milky Way stretch across the inky blackness, a breathtaking panorama of distant stars, is something you might experience on a camping trip. But for […]

Biofluorescence in Mammals: Green Platypuses & Pink Hedgehogs

Biofluorescence in Mammals: Green Platypuses & Pink Hedgehogs Of all the fluorescent animals out there some of the mammals have to be the most striking. Seeing a hedgehog or a wombat fluoresce a vivid bright pink is something you will never forget. There has been an explosion of interest in fluorescence in mammals in the […]