The simple eyes of most insects can’t make an image because the focal length of the lens is longer than the distance to the retinal cells. Dragonflies and damselflies, however, may be an exception.

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 ...

The compound eyes of insects work in this way. As I wrote in my National Geographic feature, “Simple eyes should not be seen as just stepping-stones along a path toward greater complexity.

But simple eyes should not be seen as just stepping-stones along a path toward greater complexity. Those that exist today are tailored to the needs of their users.

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 ...

Imagine that you are a one-half-ounce, two-inch-tall insect-eating bird foraging for dinner on the dimly lighted floor of a Costa Rican rain forest. You come face to face with a pair of beady eyes ...

Memoir upon the Compound and Smooth or Simple Eyes of Insects, and on the Manner in Which These Two Species of Eyes Concur in Vision. Author: M. MARCEL DE SERRES Author Info & Affiliations.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Memoir upon the Compound and Smooth or Simple Eyes of Insects, and on the Manner in Which These Two Species of Eyes Concur in Vision ...