Viral memes showing animals with digitally repositioned eyes are funny, but the real reason nature placed them there in the ...

Far from being an obstacle to the theory of natural selection, the evolution of the complex eye is one of its most splendid ...

Nature has developed some truly bizarre ways for animals to see the world around them. Some creatures have strangely shaped pupils, while others can see in multiple directions at once or detect colors ...

Most animals– including us– get by with just two eyes. Two eyes are usually enough to see, move around, find food, and stay safe. But some animals in nature have taken a different path. They’ve ...

ITHACA, N.Y. — If brain size is proportional to body size in virtually all vertebrate animals, Cornell University biologists reasoned, shouldn't eye size and body size scale the same way? While they ...

The team utilized computer models to understand how a four-eyed crustacean sees in the deep ocean’s twilight zone Jack Tamisiea Some of the strangest eyes on the planet belong to Phronima amphipods, a ...

Veterinarians are incredibly important "middle people" between people who live with or use a wide variety of nonhuman animals (animals) and the animals themselves. 1 In his new book Through A Vet’s ...

Cats and many other animals, including most dogs, can reflect light from their eyes. That’s why cats’ eyes will usually shine brightly in photos taken in a dimly lit room or glow when illuminated in ...

Eyes gleaming out of the pitch-dark night make for many a scary tale. But what's behind that pair of glowing eyes, and why don't humans' shine? Why Do Animals' Eyes Glow In The Dark? Eyes that glow in ...