Researchers have elucidated how a single photoreceptor in the pineal gland of zebrafish detects color. We see color because photoreceptor cones in our eyes detect light waves corresponding to red, ...

For the first time, an international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has recorded a tiny mechanical "twitch" in living human and rodent eyes at the ...

The eyes might truly be windows to the brain’s health, according to fascinating new research published in Scientific Reports. Scientists have discovered that simple vision sensitivity tests could ...

A bizarre, cyclops-like creature from nearly 600 million years ago may hold the key to how your eyes—and even your sleep cycle—evolved. Scientists have discovered that all vertebrates, including ...

"The face is a picture of the mind as the eyes are its interpreter," wrote Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero nearly two thousand years ago. While he was speaking about emotions and character, ...