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

Their purple eyes sit on top of stalks above their ... When the latch is released, the spring propels the animal’s claw forward in the fraction of a second—50 times faster than we can blink ...

The animal kingdom is full of mesmerising creatures ... Owls are famous for their large, forward-facing eyes, which give them an intense, piercing gaze. These eyes are well adapted and trained ...

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 ...

“If you ask people what animal eyes are used for ... Nilsson’s eyes, of which he has two, are ice blue and forward facing. In contrast, the box jelly boasts 24 eyes, which are dark brown ...

By analysing the properties of animals' visual systems ... When they spot potential prey, they pounce. Their biggest pair of eyes face forward and give the spider high-resolution vision. The other, ...