During the age of dinosaurs, small predators with unexpectedly advanced eyes hunted in the darkness roughly 100 million years ago. The tiny creatures in question were lacewing larvae. Although ...

Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal kingdom: how they work, why they've taken the form they have, and the ...

Bougainvillia's eyes, called ocelli, are simple structures that detect light but lack the complexity of lens eyes. When analyzing its genome, the team found 20 "opsins"—light-sensitive proteins ...

Ohio insects so close — your eyes will bug! by: Danielle Langenfeld. Posted: May 26, 2025 / 10:30 AM EDT. Updated: May 26, 2025 / 10:32 AM EDT. by: Danielle Langenfeld.