Courtney Whitcher

Frog vision and ecology match their glowing properties! We added fluorescence data for 150+ frog sp. & found evidence sensory drive may underlie the evolution of this trait. Check out this article sciencenews.org/article/frogs-… about our new preprint out now: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…

Here’s the 3rd of 10 items I’m bringing to space! Launch dreams to space and help foster children across West Virginia here: gofund.me/833dcf03

“it’s time to see scorpions, millipedes and other creepy crawlers in a new light.” 🦂🐍🦇🔦 If you can’t get out yourself, join us virtually to explore our world under a blacklight. #HappyHalloween from Finding Fluorescence m.youtube.com/watch?v=OucUVF…

This #Halloween fill your night with some glowing fun! 👻✨ Have your screams of terror turn to shrieks of joy as you watch the world around you light up 😱 No need to dress up like a scientist, when you can be one in your own backyard👩‍🔬 sciencenews.org/article/bioflu…

Nueva publicación con evidencia de que hay ajuste ecológico en las señales biofluorescentes en ranas. En este estudio se triplica el número de especies conocidas con señales biofluorescentes Felicitaciones a @FluoroFrogs por liderar este lindo trabajo

🐸La #biofluorescencia es importante en la comunicación de ranas. 🤗Les compartimos un trabajo recién salidito del horno liderado por Courtney Whitcher de Florida State University. Y que tuvimos la oportunidad de colaborar como #QCAZ. 🎉Felicidades Courtney y coautores!

The significance of biofluorescence across taxonomic groups is understudied. Whitcher et al. document biofluorescence in South American tropical amphibians, suggesting that it may correspond with wavelengths of light at twilight. @FluoroFrogs @FloridaState nature.com/articles/s4146…

@santiak Thank you @santiak! This work would not have been possible without you!!

Congratulations Courtney!

This work is now peer reviewed and published in @NatureComms! Evidence for ecological tuning of anuran biofluorescent signals rdcu.be/dW3dk Here is a thread covering our main findings:

This work not possible without some amazing collaborators. Including those people and institutions on X: @santiak @CrawfordAJ @Valia_Herrera @fggrazziotin @PUCE_Ecuador @Uniandes @UNMSM_ @butantanoficial @FloridaState

In sum, we found evidence sensory drive may underlie the evolution of frog biofluorescence, highlighting the need for future research exploring the function of this glowing trait.

Frog vision and ecology match their glowing properties! We added fluorescence data for 150+ frog sp. & found evidence sensory drive may underlie the evolution of this trait. Check out this article sciencenews.org/article/frogs-… about our new preprint out now: biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh…