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Spookfish eye uses mirrors instead of a lens
Spookfish eye uses mirrors instead of a lensIn the twilit waters of the deep ocean, beneath about 1000m of water, swims the brownsnout spookfish (Dolichopteryx longipes). Like many other deep-sea fish,...
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Chapter 6: Difficulties with Theory
Chapter 6: Difficulties with TheoryUp until now, our route into the theory of evolution by natural selection has been all downhill. One thing has led effortlessly to another, with Darwin giving the...
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Plug your eyeball in and start filming
Plug your eyeball in and start filmingYou've probably heard about the man with the eyeball camera. Here's the most detailed (and sometimes graphic) video I've yet seen about documentary filmmaker Rob...
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Nocturnal mammals see in dark by turning displaced DNA into lenses
Nocturnal mammals see in dark by turning displaced DNA into lensesNocturnal animals face an obvious challenge: collecting enough light to see clearly in the dark. We know about many of their tricks....
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From day to night - a lesson in eye evolution with the owl monkey
From day to night - a lesson in eye evolution with the owl monkeyIn the forests of South America lives the unusual but aptly named owl monkey, or douroucouli. You could probably guess by looking at its...
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New discovery about dog eyes
New discovery about dog eyes Image from U Penn. I came across this really interesting press release from the University of Pennsylvania that I just had to share.Despite having a close relationship with...
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The evolutionary capacitor
The evolutionary capacitor Image from LiveScience. Credit: Richard Borowsky Heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) helps keep proteins in the body folded properly and is thought to compensate for variations...
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Eyeless Mexican cavefish lost metabolic circadian rhythm
Eyeless Mexican cavefish lost metabolic circadian rhythm Image of eyeless Mexican tetra fish from www.seriouslyfish.com by H-J Chen. The metabolism of most animals follows a circadian rhythm that...
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Sleeping with one eye open
Sleeping with one eye open Image from Wikimedia Commons Researchers from La Trobe University and Max Planck Institute for Ornithology recorded young crocodiles and found that while the animals...
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