Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color vision needed to see them. The natural world is awash with color, and many ...
In a genetic study of tarsiers' eyes, Dartmouth researchers suggest that primates developed highly acute, three-color vision that permitted them to shift to daytime living. Credit: Nathaniel Dominy, ...
What if the way animals see the world had developed differently? Researchers at MIT have used artificial intelligence to explore this idea - not through imagination, but through simulation. Study: ...