Yet to Mother Nature, the evolution of the eye isn't really a difficult feat at all, it turns out. Indeed, there are about 10 different types of eye design in the animal kingdom, and eyes have ...

Compound eyes The type found in insects and arthropods, compound eyes are made up of many individual lenses. In dragonflies, for example, a single compound eye can have as many as 10,000.

Main Eyes: Their largest eyes, the compound lateral eyes, are used primarily for finding mates during breeding season. These complex eyes contain up to 1,000 individual lenses, providing a wide ...

The emphasis we as humans place on sight bleeds into how we describe our experiences with the natural world. We will often ...

Curious Nature. A moutain lion cub's eyes reflect when caught on a night vision camera. Eyeshine comes in a variety of colors — blue, green, red, white, and yellow. David Neils/Courtesy photo.

As she was winding down a career in finance, Santello wanted a new challenge. It wasn’t her first major lifestyle change; in 2006 she was an avid cyclist when she was hit by a car, prompting a long ...

Put simply, solar retinopathy is damage to the retina, and you run that risk by exposing your eyes to the sun. Benner said the damage usually takes about six to 12 hours to show up.

On the night of July 20, I and about 150 others were exploring the dark woods of the Highlands Nature Sanctuary in Highland County. We were there as part of an outré conference known as ...