The Toledo Zoo discovered an incidence of biofluorescence in their Tasmanian devils — the first documented instance in the marsupials The Toledo Zoo has made a shocking discovery about Tasmanian ...

Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) might be small creatures, but their appetite and effect on their environment are ...

There was exciting news out of the Toledo Zoo over the weekend. According to a post on the Zoo’s social media pages, the institution has recorded the first documented case of biofluorescence in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. The Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii, is a small, very ...

When the sun sets in Tasmania, a creature with fur as dark as the night emerges from its den to begin its search for food, scavenging for carrion and hunting small mammals and birds. To many, it’s ...

The Toledo Zoo is celebrating its discovery of the first documented case of biofluorescence in Tasmanian devils.Biofluorescence refers to the phenomenon by which a living organism absorbs light and ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The black light was invented some 85 years ago. The Tasmanian Devil was first documented nearly two centuries ago. But in 2020, researchers have used one to make new discoveries ...

Tasmanian devils are named for their chilling nocturnal shrieks, which reminded early colonists of hellhounds. Perhaps more than any other sound, the screams give a lone bush walker “this feeling of ...

Tasmanian devils are widely known, but not widely understood. Their most famous emissary is Taz, the spinning Looney Tunes character who bears only a remote resemblance to actual Tasmanian devils. Yet ...