We can’t be exactly sure what a fly’s perceptual world looks like, but we know it must be very different to our own. And ...

Ever wonder what the world looks like to a fly? Discover how insect vision works, why swatting them is so hard, and how this knowledge helps fight disease.

Learn more about the mantis shrimp that has between 12 and 16 photoreceptors, compared to humans that only have three.

Take their eyes, for instance. Daddy longlegs typically have two median eyes located on the front of the body — for ...

Seeing the world is one of the most amazing animal adaptations. Different types of eyes give animals different types of vision, and in some cases they can be extraordinary. In this episode we take a ...

Scientists have discovered a "deceptively cute" ancient whale with large eyes and razor-sharp teeth that devoured prey off Australia around 26 million years ago. The newly discovered Janjucetus ...

Electrical engineer Young Min Song remembers when his colleague at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea asked him why the eyes of the numerous stray cats around the institute ...

Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns serve. Scorpions are one of many animals that appear to glow under ...