Evolution mostly involves small, gradual changes, and for good reason – we might expect that large changes to an animal’s genetic code, and therefore to its body plan, simply wouldn’t work. It would ...

Fossilized rod and cone cells — the kinds that help people see — have been discovered for the first time, researchers say. The finding reveals that such eye cells have existed for at least 300 million ...

Using an experimental technique called "Oz," researchers stimulated the human retina such that people saw a brand-new color. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

(Left panels) Cone mosaic pattern in adult zebrafish showing a lattice-like regular arrangement of four cone cell types. (Right panels) Cone mosaic pattern in fish lacking the Dscamb gene on either or ...

UC Berkeley computer scientists and vision scientists have developed a technology that enables the human eye to see a new color. The color is an extremely bright green-blue hue called “olo” that is ...