“We have quite a few flying squirrels that come to the bird feeder and I just happened to be out there, heard it and didn’t even think that it was a UV light in my hand,” Martin told ...

The flying squirrels’ undersides appear fluorescent pink under a UV light. Kohler et al / Northland College The flying squirrels’ undersides appear fluorescent pink under a UV light.

ABOVE: Flying squirrel at a feeder under UV light JON MARTIN. U ltraviolet light imbues some flying squirrels with pink hues, according to a study published January 23 in the Journal of ...

A flying squirrel as seen by the naked eye (above) and under ultraviolet light. A. M. Kohler et al. The hot-pink find came about by chance. In the spring of 2017, Jon Martin, a professor in the ...

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If pink is your favorite color, then you should like North American flying squirrels. The northern flying squirrel — one of three flying squirrel species that lives in North America — is found ...

Flying squirrels are adorable little mammals that weigh less than half a pound. It also turns out that the three flying squirrel species that dwell in North America—called New World flying ...