Scientists have captured unique on-board footage of Indian Ocean seabirds speeding just above the waves to catch flying fish ...

Through their superposition compound eyes, a beetle’s view of the night sky is certainly no detailed star chart. But the pattern they do see contains all the information they need. The streak of ...

“We're able to show strong correlations between eye size, the type of habitat the birds use, their foraging behavior, as well as where in the world they live,” Ausprey says.

They used data on 500 bird species from North America provided by 900,000 birders.

A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 30, 2024, Section D, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: A Bird’s-Eye View of a Technicolor World.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- A bird’s-eye view may take on new meaning thanks to Army-funded research. Scientists found that a protein in bird’s retinas is sensitive to the Earth’s ...