Fire salamanders give off a blue-green glow under ultraviolet light, which may help attract mates or serve as a warning to predators
Fire salamanders give off a blue-green glow under ultraviolet light, which may help attract mates or serve as a warning to predators
By Michael Dalton
3 June 2026
J. Ant?nez Glez (CC BY-NC); Royal Society Open Science
For the first time, fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) have been shown to biofluoresce, absorbing and re-emitting light at different wavelengths.
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