Ever wondered what the world looks like through a cockatoo's eyes? How about a giraffe—or even a butterfly? For a new study published last month in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, a team of researchers ...

From eyes that change color with the seasons to orbs as big as basketballs, the animal kingdom is out of sight. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 21, 2023 9:45 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

New camera technology that reveals the world through the eyes of animals has been developed. The software, which converts digital photos to animal vision, can be used to analyze colors and patterns ...

The biggest difference between human vision and cat vision is in the retina, a layer of tissue at the back of the eye that contains cells called photoreceptors.Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed/Anadolu Agency via ...

The scientists studied the aquatic animal Hydra, a member of Cnidaria, which are animals that have existed for hundreds of millions of years. The authors are the first scientists to look at ...

Duprat gives readers an inside look at animal vision in this oversize volume. Mammals, birds, amphibians, worms, reptiles, mollusks, and insects boldly confront the reader in the full-page ...

Animals possess extraordinary vision, with species like eagles and hawks excelling at long-distance sight, spotting prey from ...

Madison Dapcevich is a freelance science journalist for Discover Magazine. Madison reports original articles that cover topics like deep-sea exploration, space, health, and the environment. View Full ...

The old-style method of testing animals’ eyesight is to train them to respond to certain visual stimuli. This is laborious, and in the case of some refractory creatures, such as snakes, frogs and Gila ...

Laura Kelley receives funding from People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013). As humans, we live in a colourful world, but differences ...