This colorful fan of cells from the eye of a developing zebrafish offers a window into the location of specific cell types and their organelles within a growing eye. Get a closer view of the image Get ...

This image looks as if it could be the cover of a science fiction novel. It shows blood and lymphatic vessels in and around the eye of a zebrafish. Understanding how these systems develop in zebrafish ...

This snail could one day save eyes. The golden apple snail has camera-type eyes that are fundamentally similar to the human eye. Unlike humans, the snail can regenerate a missing or damaged eye. UC ...

Apple snails can fully regrow their eyes, and their genes and eye structures are strikingly similar to humans. Scientists mapped the regeneration process and used CRISPR to identify genes, including ...

Eyes are not only the window to the soul but also to age and health status. Researchers have developed a ‘proteomic clock’ capable of predicting a person’s age and disease status by analyzing the ...

Marvelous eyes, but you be the judge of this sea critter’s beauty. Vanadis is a byname of the Norse goddess of love, Freya. Scientists are amazed at the discovery of a bristle worm with such ...

For more than two millennia, people have watched chameleons swivel their turreted eyes in different directions and wondered how such a small reptile pulls off a trick that seems to defy basic anatomy.