If you look at the eyes of a person in a portrait by a master painter, they seem to follow you as you move around the room. Some insects give us the same feeling of being watched when you look at them ...

Not all insects have compound eyes. Most adult beetles have simple eyes, but their larvae have compound eyes. Chickens have a third eyelid that slides horizontally to protect… You must be a member to ...

Insects have some pretty amazing eyesight. Unlike humans, where we only have two single-lens eyes, insects have a larger array of eyes that offer a wider field-of-view. Scientists have obviously been ...

Phil, Mag. from Magasin Encyclopedique, February, 1814.

Scientists have long thought that insects with compound eye systems couldn’t see the world as clearly as animals sporting eyeballs with singular lenses. But new research indicates that this might not ...