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So, what animal has the best vision? In reality, there's no easy answer — but there are certainly some standouts. "There is ...
The vision of birds of prey is often cited as one of the most advanced in the animal kingdom. These hunting birds spot their ...
Eyes in the animal kingdom are as diverse as the creatures themselves, each type evolved for a specific purpose in a unique habitat. From eyes that can split vision across two worlds to those that ...
A three-eyed animal with wing-like fins once swam through shallow seas, using heightened visual perception to hunt smaller sea animals. Stanleycaris hirpex lived in the Cambrian Period about 500 ...
Animals with blue eyes are a rare occurrence in nature due to being linked to recessive genetics, mutations, and specific genes. Despite that, many species still have beautifully rich blue eyes.
Paleontologists have discovered fossils of a 506 million-year-old tiny three-eyed predator nicknamed the “sea moth,” according to a new study.
Cambrian Period creatures known as sea moths seemed alien because of their additional eye, but a study finds anatomical features more in line with modern animals. An artist’s impression of ...
Here’s a closer look into some animal eyes and their uses and functions. The eyes have it: Size, shape, abilities vary in some animals Skip to main content Skip to main content ...
The first time was in 2014, when he evacuated three war-traumatized lions and some birds with damaged wings from the Al-Bisan zoo in north Gaza, which was badly hit in the 50-day war that year ...
The animal is a new species of radiodont, according to a study published May 14 in the peer-reviewed journal Royal Society Open Science. ... Here are three of our most recent eye-catching stories.
Research based on a collection of fossils from the Burgess Shale shows a bizarre-looking animal with three eyes that sheds light on the evolution of the brain and head of insects and spiders. As ...