The invention of the eye ushered in a more brutal and competitive ... Trilobites went down a slightly different route, evolving compound eyes with multiple lenses. But the basic sequence of ...

Trilobites evolved a wide variety of eye forms. Trilobites lived between 521 and 252 million years ago. They were one of the first groups of creatures to develop complex, compound eyes, where many ...

Researchers reconstruct the tiny eye of Megaphragma viggianii in 3D, revealing adaptations and possible technological applications.

An international team of scientists has discovered that tiny changes in the timing of the expression of a single gene can lead to big differences in eye size. Gene expression is the process by which ...

A challenge in building digital cameras with the hemispherical, compound apposition layouts of arthropod eyes is that essential design requirements cannot be met with existing planar sensor ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMC listener Ellen Triebwasser of Red Hook, N.Y., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.