For more than two millennia, people have watched chameleons swivel their turreted eyes in different directions and wondered ...

Learn how coiled optic nerves, unlike any seen in other reptiles, give chameleons their extraordinary field of view.

Modern imaging techniques have been used to reveal the coiled optic nerves that give chameleons a nearly 360-degree view without moving their neck ...

After centuries of fascination and speculation, scientists have finally uncovered the secret behind chameleons’ mesmerizing, ...

Researchers have shown that the chameleon has a coiled optic nerve, which they believe allows the lizard to increase their ...

The blind spot on the retina is a natural area where the optic nerve and blood vessels exit the eye, resulting in a lack of ...

On two beautiful, late summer days in 2003, a record number of clinicians and researchers from across the globe convened at St John's College, Cambridge for the 33rd Cambridge Ophthalmological ...

The regeneration of damaged neurons has been the ultimate goal for a large portion of neuroscience research. Understanding the underlying mechanisms that control neuronal growth is key to developing ...

Researchers used gene therapy to regenerate damaged axons in the eye, in a discovery that could aid the development of new treatments for glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. In ...

Patients who took the frequently prescribed diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy faced a greater risk of a stroke of the optic nerve, which can lead to blindness, according to a new study ...