During the age of dinosaurs, small predators with unexpectedly advanced eyes hunted in the darkness roughly 100 million years ...

A “smiling” damselfly and shimmering beetle captivated judges in the Royal Entomological Society’s 2024 Photography Competition ...

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

these horsefly males have two different sized ommatidia (the photoreceptor units that form insects' compound eyes). The larger ommatidia at the top of the eye are more sensitive to UV light, and help ...

Cicadas are members of the superfamily Cicadoidea and are physically distinguished by their stout bodies, broad heads, clear-membraned wings, and large compound eyes. There are more than 3,000 ...

Each arm has a tiny eye at the tip, meaning a five-armed starfish has five eyes, while some species with more arms have even more. These molluscs have up to 200 tiny, blue eyes lining the edges of ...