Grab your glasses for this one, because we’re talking animal eyes. Eyesight is one of the most important adaptations animals rely on for survival. As humans, we know how much we depend on our ...

Imagine you're a red-tailed hawk, soaring through the sky. You scan the ground, looking for your next meal. You spot a squirrel hundreds of feet below you. Its coat helps it blend into the ground, but ...

Alex Riley’s three greatest revelations while writing Super Natural ...

We explain how the tubular eyes of the telescopefish actually work and how these eyes help them survive at great depths.

Animals and humans view the world very differently and, no, we’re not just talking about the activities we do or the vantage point we see things from. Every animal species experiences the world ...

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 ...

While humans possess three kinds of color-sensitive cones, birds have four. This is an Inside Science story. Hummingbirds can see colors humans can only imagine, an ability that now sheds light on an ...

Changes in the color and intensity of light pollution over the past few decades result in complex and unpredictable effects on animal vision, new research shows. Changes in the colour and intensity of ...

An assortment of animals active after dark have evolved remarkable night vision, giving them a clear advantage when the sun ...

Whether it’s spotting prey from kilometres away or detecting light patterns invisible to us, the animal kingdom boasts some ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — After getting home from a long day of work on the coronavirus front lines, many essential workers are turning to pets for comfort. One business is reaching out to take care of ...