While humans have three color cones in the retina sensitive to red, green and blue light, birds have a fourth color cone that can detect ultraviolet light. A research team trained wild hummingbirds to ...

To find food, dazzle mates, escape predators and navigate diverse terrain, birds rely on their excellent color vision. “Humans are color-blind compared to birds and many other animals,” said Mary ...

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Researchers have spent three years studying hummingbirds to deduce whether they can distinguish between spectral and nonspectral colors. A newly published paper has confirmed that these incredible ...

"Contributions have been based around presentations at the Second European Conference of Avian Colour Vision and Coloration, in Paris"--P. S2. "Supplement to The American naturalist, volume 169, ...

In this episode of The Highlights, we're joined by Mary Caswell (Cassie) Stoddard, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB). We discuss her career in sensory ecology and ...

New research shows that the nectar-drinking birds use their enhanced color vision to distinguish sources of food. By Veronique Greenwood Hummingbirds were already impressive. They move like hurried ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A newly discovered retinal structure in the eyes of certain kinds of songbirds might help the animals find and track insect prey more easily. The foundation of avian vision ...

Backyard songbirds, like cardinals and chickadees, see the world with visual clarity surpassing human eyesight. Acute bird vision derives from the retina's fovea - the center of sharpest vision - that ...

From performing intricate surgeries or hitting baseballs that come at us at 100 miles per hour, we humans might think that we have pretty decent vision. But according to a recent study published in ...