Search
We found 15 related facts
Health and wellness
2 min read
A special type of ocular neurons uses melanopsin to govern circadian rhythms, operating independently of conscious vision.
Biology
2 min read
The fish 'Anableps anableps' divides its eyes into two halves with asymmetrical lenses to watch the sky and the seabed at the same time.
Biology
2 min read
A microscopic marvel without a brain or neurons that fused mitochondria and chloroplasts to build a perfect lens and retina.
Animals
2 min read
It has 22 hypersensitive tentacles with which it identifies and devours prey in less than two-tenths of a second.
Nature
2 min read
How Malacosteus niger broke the rules of the deep ocean by developing night vision that its prey cannot see
Animals
2 min read
With a nervous system the size of a pinhead, this predator demonstrates levels of spatial calculation and tactical deception previously attributed only to vertebrates.
Health and wellness
2 min read
Discovered at the beginning of this century, retinal cells with melanopsin do not create vision, but adjust your sleep, metabolism, and hormones according to sky light.
Health and wellness
2 min read
If your immune system discovered the internal composition of your eyeballs, it could attack and destroy them as if they were foreign invaders.
Nature
2 min read
Able to identify and devour prey in less than a quarter of a second, this mammal has the densest sense of touch in the animal kingdom.
Nature
2 min read
A simultaneous dual vision that defies optical physics to outsmart predators
Nature
2 min read
In the abyssal zones where sunlight does not reach, this fish has evolved vision and a red light "flashlight," invisible to its prey, becoming a ghost hunter.
Nature
2 min read
The marine predator that sees the world in a range of colors and polarized light unimaginable to humans.