Scientists Finding Lots of Mammals Glow Under UV Light Twitter 0 comments Earlier this year, scientists published a paper outlining how platypuses exhibit biofluorescence under ultraviolet (UV) light. That is, how the duck-billed mammals are able to glow like a black-light poster when lit up with the invisible light. Now, more reports of other mammals glowing under UV light are beginning to emerge. Although when it comes to understanding why they do so, it seems everyone’s still in the dark. After platypus was shown to glow under UV light, couldn’t resist trying bilbies... their ears and tails shine bright like a diamond! #bilby#uvpic.twitter.com/wL82RDdFYb— Dr Kenny Travouillon (@TravouillonK) November 3, 2020