While humans have three color cones in the retina sensitive to red, green and blue light, birds have a fourth color cone that can detect ultraviolet light. A research team trained wild hummingbirds to ...
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Birds-of-paradise are sending secret color signals invisible to human eyes, scientists say
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Many types of birds ...
"Contributions have been based around presentations at the Second European Conference of Avian Colour Vision and Coloration, in Paris"--P. S2. "Supplement to The American naturalist, volume 169, ...
From performing intricate surgeries or hitting baseballs that come at us at 100 miles per hour, we humans might think that we have pretty decent vision. But according to a recent study published in ...
In this episode of The Highlights, we're joined by Mary Caswell (Cassie) Stoddard, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). We discuss her career in sensory ecology and ...
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 ...
Backyard songbirds, like cardinals and chickadees, see the world with visual clarity surpassing human eyesight. Acute bird vision derives from the retina's fovea - the center of sharpest vision - that ...
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