Cyclopia is when the brain’s front part fails to split into left and right hemispheres, causing a baby to be born with one eye, no nose, and a proboscis. Learn more about what causes it and what ...

As human cyclopia is quite rare and incompatible with life, most of the examples of it known to modern medicine are of miscarried or stillborn fetuses preserved in medical museums. A recent ...

"At this stage, all humans begin similarly. Over time, the brain and eyes divide into two. ... Cyclopia is a rare birth defect where babies are born with a single eye and no nose.

Born on May 10 with a single, enormous eye in the center of its face, a baby goat has survived a surprising eight days in a village in Assam, India.. The goat’s condition, called cyclopia, is ...