Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

Many times, your brain gets confused by what the eyes are trying to tell it. You may see shapes, shades, or colours that are ...

They have special night vision that can help them spot food and stay safe even when it’s really dark. 4. Butterflies Butterflies are beautiful animals with beautiful eyes. They have big and ...

The eyes of a Cuban rock iguana, a gargoyle gecko, a blue-eyed black lemur, a southern ground hornbill, a red-eyed tree frog, a domestic goat, a western lowland gorilla, and a human This story ...

In most parts of the natural world, eyesight is key. Animals use it to find food, escape danger, and move around. But in some ...

This is when animals have stripes, spots or other patterns that break up the outline of ... If you got 10/10, you've got a good eye - but remember that these creatures are trying to hide not from you ...

From helping them find mates to bettering their ability to camouflage, marks on animals and birds serve various purposes.

What other animals have spots? Leopards. Leopards never change ... of spiders Discover how spiders use their eight legs and eyes to spin webs and hunt insects in this KS1 Science video on types ...

Nocturnal animals tend to have proportionally bigger eyes than humans do. They also tend to have pupils that open more widely in low light. So, at the outset, nocturnal eyes gather more light than ...