Biofluorescence is most common in marsupials. Opossums, platypuses, wombats and echidnas are all biofluorescent, as is the ...

Nights on Earth are getting brighter with the spread of human light pollution, reducing humankind’s visibility of the cosmos. But the brightening night is also messing with glow-worms, spunky insects ...

The bright lights of big cities are wonders of the modern world; intended to help us work, stay safe and enjoy the world around us long after the sun has set. While artificial light has been great for ...

"The fascination of glow worms for me is that they are in effect magic," says ecologist Pete Cooper, as he tramples through thistles and nettles. "The glow worm has been the symbol of the other world, ...