From eyes the size of a dinner plate to 360-degree vision, these animals boast extraordinarily efficient ways of seeing. Meet the creatures with the most crafty, strange and sophisticated eyes in the ...

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 ...

You can see this location of the eyes in animals like Tiktaalik. As our lineage moved onto land, our ancestors' eyes migrated toward the sides of the head. This adaptation of their visual ability ...

Nilsson uses his eyes to, among other things, gather information about the diversity of animal vision. But what about the box jelly? It is among the simplest of animals, just a gelatinous ...

Animals do create tears, but only to lubricate their eyes, says Bryan Amaral, senior curator of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Animals do feel emotions, too, but in nature it’s often to their ...