Loads of mammals — including cats — glow under UV light, but we don't know why
Fluorescence found to be extremely common among mammals, and may be the "default status" — but exactly why that is remains unclear, scientists say.
Linette Umbrello
Postdoctoral research associate, Queensland University of Technology
Research
- Documenting the diversity of Australia's smallest marsupial carnivores (Planigale, Sminthopsis, Antechninomys) - Phylogeography and population genetics of dasyurid marsupials in the Pilbara and adjacent bioregions. - Understanding the drivers of genetic differentiation and structure resulting from aridification during the Pleistocene. - Investigating the morphological distinctiveness of isolated Pilbara dasyurid populations (Planigale and Dasyurus species).
