Their eyes contain cells that help them see in low light. Crocodiles are skilled predators, active both day and night, with exceptional night vision, giving them an advantage over prey with poor ...

Ring-tailed lemurs’ oversized eyes are a prime example of adaptive ... having the right tools to navigate life at night. Nocturnal animals have evolved to survive in darkness.

Fish sleep with their eyes open since they lack eyelids! That’s why it's essential to turn off your aquarium lights at night, giving your scaly friends the rest they need. Most sharks rely on ...

The presence of the tapetum can be observed at night when a pair of glowing eyes reflects back a flashlight or some other light source. (Interestingly, different animals have different color ...

By analysing the properties of animals' visual systems, we can model what the world would look like ... Their eyes have evolved to be up to 350 times more sensitive to colour at night than ours.

Living in the deep sea, these ostracods (a kind of crustacean) never see sunlight. They have the best night vision of any known animal and probably use their eyes to search for bioluminescent animals ...

Throughout the night, great potoos emit a loud, moaning growl that has earned the bird a mythical status, with some ...

Animals with stage-three eyes can find suitable homes ... presumably because color vision is less important at night and because cones are most effective in bright daylight.