Tracking Kangaroo Rats with Fluorescence

Credit: JIM AMOS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Researchers dusted these kangaroo rats (Dipodomys sp.) with fluorescent powder in order to track them at night with ultraviolet light.

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