Chameleons’ extraordinary ability to move their eyes independently stems from a previously overlooked anatomical marvel: long ...

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

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

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 ...

Chameleons have intrigued observers for thousands of years, largely because their eyes seem to roam independently in nearly every direction. After ...

For more than a century, one small chameleon species sat in museum drawers and field notes, misread by the very science that ...

A new technology may allow patients to recover vision for conditions that were previously thought irreversible ...

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 ...

While the pupillary light reflex is predominantly controlled by the parasympathetic nervous system, the sympathetic nervous system also plays a vital role in regulating pupil size. The balance between ...

Hereditary optic neuropathies are a prominent cause of blindness in both children and adults. The disorders in this group share many overlapping clinical characteristics, including morphological ...

Bacteria, viruses and fungi that colonize the body — including some that live directly on eye surfaces — can have an ...