Shine an ultraviolet flashlight on flying squirrels, and they glow bright pink. Catch a scorpion on a full moon, and you’ll notice that it’s a haunting blue. Rays and sharks can turn neon green, while ...

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It’s easy to forget that most animals don’t see the world the way humans do. In fact, with infrared and ultraviolet sight, many animals experience a world that is completely invisible to us. Now, ...

Species see the world differently in part due to photoreceptors in their eyes and the neural architecture of their brains. The eyes of dogs, for example, are structured similarly to people with ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Jan. 23 (UPI) --A new video camera system is giving humans a glimpse into how animals see colors in motion as they navigate nature, researchers say. "Each animal has a unique set of photoreceptors, ...

The novel tech should allow scientists and filmmakers to produce videos that accurately represent the colors seen by animals such as bees for the first time. Reading time 3 minutes Scientists say they ...

Research suggests that your dog may be able to see things that are completely invisible to you. If you look at the size, shape, and general structure of a dog's eye it looks very much like the human ...

One of the most common adaptations seen in the animal kingdom is vision. Nearly 96% of all animals have some kind of eyes and they've proven so evolutionary advantageous that they've evolved multiple ...

The human retina is sensitive to the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum down to about 300 nanometres, but the lens of the eye filters it out. This adaptation perhaps arose to protect the retina from the more ...

A new camera system and software package allows both researchers and filmmakers to capture and display animal-view videos. “As sensory ecologists, we are interested in how animals perceive colors in ...