Ultraviolet perception is incredibly common in animals—just not in humans. Ed Yong dives into the history of how scientists saw the light. The following is an excerpt from An Immense World: How Animal ...

Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns serve. Scorpions are one of many animals that appear to glow under ...

Many animals possess hidden vibrant colors, invisible to humans, revealed under ultraviolet light through biofluorescence. This phenomenon, where tissues absorb and re-emit light, is widespread across ...

The novel tech should allow scientists and filmmakers to produce videos that accurately represent the colors seen by animals such as bees for the first time. Reading time 3 minutes Scientists say they ...

High-tech camera system makes it possible for humans to see colors in the way animals do, adding vivid new perspective to the ...