It’s hard to know what the world looks like to animals, but scientists have developed a new technology to help with that. If you haven’t given it much thought, you probably think non-human animals see ...

Not all animals perceive the world in color the way humans do. Evolution has equipped each species with unique visual abilities tailored to their needs, whether it’s spotting predators, hunting prey, ...

Sunlight contains far more than what human eyes register. The visible spectrum, the band of wavelengths our photoreceptors detect, runs roughly from 380 to 700 nanometres. Ultraviolet light sits just ...

Researchers from The University of Manchester have used the chemical process to trigger the eye into thinking the zone in front of it is brighter than it actually is. By making the entire retinal more ...

Studying the ways in which nonhuman animals sense their world is a most awe-inspiring area of research. Not surprinsgly, there are vast differences in the sensory capacities among animals that are ...

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 eyesight ...

Have you ever looked at two circles of exactly the same size and sworn one was larger? If so, your eyes have been tricked by the Ebbinghaus illusion, a classic example of how context can shape what we ...

Science shows how our relationships with companion and other animals can change our lives for the better and influence how we see the world. Along with detailed research in the field called ...