Tasmanian Devil. Credit : Jake Schoen/The Toledo Zoo The Toledo Zoo has made a shocking discovery about Tasmanian devils — they can glow in the dark!

Researchers at a zoo in Ohio have found that Tasmanian devils—carnivorous marsupials native to the Australian island state after which they are named—glow under ultraviolet light.

Wombats and Tasmanian Devils Glow Under Ultraviolet Light Preliminary experiments suggest even more species of mammals may possess the UV glow ...

Areas of pale and white fur on the platypus, koala, bilby and Tasmanian devil glowed, as did the white quills and pouch skin of the short-beaked echidna and parts of the southern hairy-nosed ...

When they were successfully able to observe the glow-in-the-dark phenomenon in platypuses they had on display in the zoo's museum, they moved onto another Australian mammal — the Tasmanian devil.

The Tasmanian devil discovery was made using UV light last Friday -- and lit up social media over the weekend.

Preserved Tasmanian devils at the Western Australian Museum glowed in a similar way, Dr. Travouillon said. What do the scientists who found that platypuses glow think?

The white fur of animals such as koalas, Tasmanian devils, short-beaked echidnas, southern hairy-nosed wombats, quendas, greater bilbies, and cats radiated fluorescence, while the dark hairs of ...

A conservation technician at the Toledo Zoo recently discovered the Tasmanian Devils had biofluorescent ears, eyes and snout. It's not exactly clear what purpose the trait serves in mammals.

A conservation technician at the Toledo Zoo recently discovered the Tasmanian Devils had biofluorescent ears, eyes and snout. It's not exactly clear what purpose the trait serves in mammals.

A conservation technician at the Toledo Zoo recently discovered the Tasmanian Devils had biofluorescent ears, eyes and snout. It's not exactly clear what purpose the trait serves in mammals.