The springhare — whose coat glows a patchy pinkish-orange under UV light — joins the platypus and other mammals with this perplexing trait. The springhare is yet another addition to the growing list ...

Platypuses do it. Opossums do it. Even three species of North American flying squirrel do it. Tasmanian devils, echidnas and wombats may also do it, although the evidence is not quite so robust. And, ...

New research finds that springhares, hopping rodents native to southern Africa, glow under UV light. J. Martin and E. Olson, Northland College; from Olson et al. 2021, Scientific Reports Scientists ...

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THE Springhare is, at first glance, a semi-replica of a Kangaroo. It is rabbit-sized with a short head, high snout , large eyes and ears. Like the Kangaroo, its front legs are greatly shortened with ...