In the dim twilight hours, many frogs may be capable of emitting a faint green or orange glow. A survey of hundreds of frogs in South America shows that far more frogs are biofluorescent than ...

In eastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest, poisonous "pumpkin toadlets" use their vivid colors to warn off predators. But these tiny frogs also broadcast a secret visual signal: They glow bright blue under ...

Many animals — from marine species like fish to corals and land creatures like penguins and parrots — have a hidden skill: gleaming blue, green or red under certain kinds of light (SN: 11/17/17). But ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Meet the newest member of the amphibian family: a deceptively cute, ...

Bioluminescence is the trait of some of our planet’s creatures to glow in the dark. We've seen it in places like Puerto Rico’s bioluminescent bay, fireflies, jellyfish, even some mushrooms. But now ...

Everybody remember the time Fry ate Emperor Bont the Viscous and his belly glowed with his dinner? Or that time the Cyclophage ate Bender and his neck started glowing because of that high-energy bomb ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

You’ve never seen amphibians in this light before. Like, literally, this specific azure light. Today in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers for the first time show that amphibians glow if you ...

Populations of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians are declining around the world—even in protected areas, like U.S. national parks. Ecologists needed a simple method to track the animals’ numbers ...