If you’re wondering how to begin that X-Files spec you’ve been working on since 2012, or just want more evidence that organisms can be bizarre and psychedelic across the entire electromagnetic ...

Beginning in late 2020 news of various creatures demonstrating fluorescence under ultraviolet (UV) light began to inundate the internet. The trend began with what else but platypuses, then progressed ...

(INDIANAPOLIS) — On this Wild Wednesday, Amazon John from Silly Safaris, discussed the fascinating traits of scorpions, including their ability to phosphoresce under UV light. The segment highlighted ...

I recently received a question about the use of technology in ecological research, which led to a discussion about blacklights. I wrote a column five years ago about a nighttime adventure in a ...

The project features a homemade scorpion detection device using a bunch of UV lights instead of using a UV flashlight for the same purpose. The project features a homemade scorpion detection device ...

With two simple tricks of the light, a hidden animal world comes alive at night in the Bay Area. Holding a flashlight at eye level lets people see the reflection bouncing back from different species’ ...

When Randy Babb handed us flashlights in the middle of the night in the Sonoran Desert we were not surprised. It was summer. The desert sands had cooled down to the mid-90s. We figured we would have ...

I recently received a question about the use of technology in ecological research, which led to a discussion about blacklights. I wrote a column five years ago about a nighttime adventure in a ...