Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

The squid’s smaller eye (not seen) points down into the dark below, detecting bioluminescent prey and predators. Among the tools of aquatic animals with camera-like eyes: a lens with varying ...

The glass squid's method of camouflaging involves using transparency. There are around 60 species of glass squid.

Ring-tailed lemurs’ oversized eyes are a prime example of adaptive ... Joel Sartore The difficulty of seeing in the dark has led some nocturnal animals to rely on sound. The large ears of ...

Cats are far from the only animals with a tapetum lucidum ... You have also seen a reflective shine in the eyes of sharks who can still hunt in those deep, dark waters. However, this glow is ...

Each eye is about the same volume as the animal's brain. An ancient tower-eyed trilobite with ... which helped them see very clearly - even in dark ocean water. Dragonflies have very large eyes ...

This video from Wired shows every type of eye in the animal kingdom. All kinds of eye facts are covered. For example, the video explains why some animals have horizontal pupils, while others have ...

Nocturnal animals tend to have proportionally bigger eyes than humans do. They also tend to have pupils that open more widely in low light. So, at the outset, nocturnal eyes gather more light than ...

In the absence of light, some animals have developed clever strategies to ensure their survival. For all animals, there are three common necessities of life: finding food, finding a mate and avoiding ...

If animals have eyes to let light in ... This means they can see better in the dark – very useful for hunting, and they can also see the traces of other dogs’ wee. Well, you know what dogs ...