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 ...

If you’re the type of person who looks for scorpions, rather than runs screaming at the thought of them, then you’re in luck. Scorpions are easy to find. Just go into the desert in the middle of the ...

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 ...

Most scorpions glow a blue-green color when illuminated by ultraviolet light or natural moonlight. Scientists aren't sure how this fluorescence benefits the creatures, but some have speculated that it ...

(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 ...

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’ ...

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 ...