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Scientists Have Been Studying Fire Salamanders for More Than 250 Years. They Just Discovered the Creatures Glow Under UV Light
Fire salamanders—one of Europe's most well-researched amphibians—are biofluorescent, which means they can absorb light from an external source at one wavelength, then re-emit it at another
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