From spines on neurons to pollen on an insect’s eye, the winners of Nikon’s Small World photo contest offer a kaleidoscopic glimpse into a tiny world. These water fleas (Daphnia sp.) can reproduce ...

Like us humans, insects possess sensory organs responsible for vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. For vision, insects primarily rely on ...

Like humans, insects possess sensory organs responsible for vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. For vision, insects ...

When it comes to seeing the world, not all eyes are created equal. While humans rely on decent daylight vision and can perceive millions of colours, many animals outshine us in ways that are nothing ...

Eight eyes make jumping spiders sharp-eyed hunters of precise movement and prey. This reptile’s parietal eye on top of its head detects light and aids in controlling daily and seasonal behaviours.

Bug catchers around the world appreciate the Pokémon Butterfree. Its design is simple and friendly, but it can beat opponents with a flap of its wings - especially with its Gigantamax form in Sword ...

A recent survey of dragonflies and damselflies across seven biodiversity parks in Delhi has recorded a rise of around 4,500 individuals compared with last year, though overall species diversity has ...

1 College of Veterinary Medicine, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China 2 Key Laboratory of Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Techniques for Animal Disease, Ministry of Agriculture, ...

The internet, and social media specifically, bring a ton of wild ideas and unique experiences to light, and there's been no shortage of coverage lately about this cannoli situation and the viral ...

Abstract: The automatic detection and analysis of ommatidia, the fundamental visual units of insect compound eyes, is vital for advancing biological research and understanding insect vision. Compound ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, ...