Two species of small, deep-dwelling fish called pearlsides possess eye cells that break the rules of vertebrate vision, combining features of rods and cones into a single hybrid photoreceptor never ...

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The novel tech should allow scientists and filmmakers to produce videos that accurately represent the colors seen by animals such as bees for the first time. Reading time 3 minutes Scientists say they ...

Researchers have developed a new video hardware and software system to show humans how insects and other animals experience color. Here, they show an orange-barred sulphur butterfly as it might look ...

Most animals see the world differently from humans – and now it is a little easier to take a look through their eyes. A system that uses two cameras and some software can produce videos showing people ...

It’s easy to make the mistake of assuming that all animals experience the world as we do. The truth is that, beyond our version of reality lies a world of eyes that see differently, sounds we cannot ...

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