When evolution skeptics want to attack Darwin's theory, they often point to the human eye. How could something so complex, they argue, have developed through random mutations and natural selection ...

As far as evolution goes, that’s a blink of an eye. The mantle of the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) is festooned with up to 100 brilliant blue eyes. Each contains a mirrored layer that acts ...

They also found eyespots in chiton may have originated even more recently and quickly — within 7 million years, far faster ...

The evolution of the eye is likely to have been a catalyst for the explosion, initiating an arms race between organisms that were increasingly aware of their surroundings. Now, with access to uniquely ...

The eye would then be struck with a blunt object ... Today, routine wounds are <3 mm long, and 1 mm wounds are on the horizon. The evolution of smaller surgical incisions was matched by the ...

Eye color’s evolution is notoriously hard to track: fossils don’t preserve it, taxidermy specimens have fabricated eyes, and most books illustrate only one example per species. Now scientists ...

The invention of the eye ushered in a more brutal and competitive world. Vision made it possible for animals to become active hunters, and sparked an evolutionary arms race that transformed the ...