Allie Monahan Kohler

PhD in progress - Ecology - @ColoradoStateU
MS - Wildlife - #TexasAMUniversity @wfsctamu
BS - Biology & Natural Resources - #NorthlandCollege @northland_edu

[Allie Monahan Kohler @KohlerMonahan]

Springhare - Olson et al. (2021): https://t.co/RFlC3X5Kir

Platypus - Anich et al. (2020): https://t.co/yH50OCPXQ1

Flying Squirrel - Kohler et al. (2019): https://t.co/mzE0LjZFIY

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Check out the newest member of the glowing mammal club! #springhare #flyingsquirrel #platypus #northlandcollege #science #fluorescence #uv #ultraviolet #nationalgeographic #nytimes #newyorktimes #popsci #npr #sierraclub #bbc #davidattenborough #planetearth #nature

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#journalofmammalogy #nature #journalnature #neature #discover #discovery #glowinthedark #texasam #aggies #csu #coloradostateuniversity #discoveryscience @nytimes @NatGeo @NatGeoPhotos @nature @northland_edu @BBCScienceNews @PopSci @NPR

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The platypuses made it into @nytimes !

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Shine bright like a platypus. https://t.co/rPUAD5dEsW

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@shinnick_g @nytimes We stumbled upon the platypus' glow when we were studying the fluorescent flying squirrels! We thought, "What mammal species is completely opposite from a flying squirrel...." and sure enough! 😂

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TAMU grad student aids in discovery of #PinkFlyingSquirrel https://t.co/s8UuIIQ2iV

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@daughter_earth @NatGeo We have these citations in our paper, originally published in the journal of mammalogy! Thanks for your interest.

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@Ornithoptera_A At this point, we are unsure what is causing the fluorescence and are looking into it!

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Ultraviolet fluorescence discovered in New World flying squirrels (Glaucomys)
Allison M Kohler, Erik R Olson, Jonathan G Martin & Paula Spaeth Anich
Journal of Mammalogy, gyy177, https://t.co/mzE0Lkhh7y

[Allie Monahan Kohler @KohlerMonahan]

@JohnFerrara Definitely! Send me a message and we can discuss further. Thanks for your interest!

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@leahville We used museum specimens for our study, so no squirrels were harmed in the making of this project! The museums have collected donated animals over time for purposes like this! :)

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The squirrels have made it into a Nature Highlight!
https://t.co/yHCfpyKBqy

#Nature #Journalofnature #flyingsquirrels #fluorescence #ultraviolet #discosquirrel

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@woman_byrd @NatGeo The pictures that we had of living squirrels were really grainy because they moved so quickly! To best illustrate our point, we wanted to use higher quality pictures of museum specimens.

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Thank you @NatGeo for sharing our work! Seeing the fluorescence for the first time really made me realize that there's so much to discover (and a lot of it is hiding right in front of us)!

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@NatureNews Thank you @NatureNews for sharing our work!

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A chance encounter reveals that flying squirrels glow fluorescent pink in UV light. https://t.co/468FSVrD6x

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@_liekos_ @NatureNews By utilizing museum specimens! Museums are a great scientific resource that most people forget about! There's so much to be discovered that's hiding right in front of our eyes!

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@LFVelezphd We are still researching what the actual fluorescent compounds are in Glaucomys, so I don't have an answer for you yet! Thanks for the interest!

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@LFVelezphd @SophieLGilbert @enting3 @OSUCHS We talk about all of those things in our paper! Good points to bring up!

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@RogerFreedman Agreed!!!