Birds can see ultraviolet wavelengths, giving them a fuller view of the world. Comparing our vision with that of birds, well, at least we can claim opposable thumbs. Birds see a vastly different world ...

If optimists see the world through rose-colored lenses, some birds see it through ultraviolet ones. Avians have evolved ultraviolet vision quite a few times in history, a new study finds. Birds depend ...

Perhaps no painter in history ever used color more precisely than Claude Monet. To create his famous pond and water lily ...

Unlike us, many animals can see ultraviolet light. If you're using a video screen to study their visual perception, therefore, that screen really ought to work in the UV spectrum – and a new one does ...

First, some basics: Vision depends on light, which comes in a spectrum of wavelengths, ranging from very long to very short. Vertebrate eyes have two kinds of light receptors in the retina at the back ...

Tiny freshwater fish have a view of the world that blows Google Street View out of the water - using different parts of their eyes to deliver optimum uses of colour, black-and-white and ultraviolet. A ...

Step into a world unseen by human eyes, where animals like bumblebees and butterflies perceive vibrant UV signals. These species use ultraviolet vision to navigate, hunt, and communicate. Reindeer ...

Video: The ability of great tit mums to detect ultraviolet light reflecting off the feathers of their young means they can favour the strongest chicks in times of environmental hardship They are not ...

“I think that rubs look like highway reflectors to deer,” DeRose-Broeckert told NDA. “That’s how I imagine it. When the rest ...

There are a lot of myths about reindeer, and at least one of them is true: They live in remote areas way up north that get a lot of snow. Living in that winter wonderland can be a challenge when your ...