The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

A mountain lion is one of the most powerful predators in North America. It moves silently through forests and mountains, ...

This ability to see in near darkness is enhanced by a layer behind the retina called the tapetum lucidum. Similar to that found in domestic cats, the tapetum acts like a mirror, intensifying weak ...

The part of the eye that produces that golden reflection, as Jeffery explains, “is a mirror that lots of animals have called the tapetum lucidum.” A taptetum helps animals see better in the ...

Dogs also have a layer of eye tissue that humans lack called the tapetum lucidum, it reflects light into the retina. This boosts dogs' night vision even more and is why dogs' eyes shine in the dark.

When night falls, those pupils open wide to let in more light, and a reflective layer known as the tapetum lucidum boosts their night vision, giving their eyes that characteristic nighttime glow ...

That's because the structure of a cat's eye has a tapetum lucidum, a mirror-like layer immediately behind the retina. Light ...

The part that changes colour is called the tapetum lucidum. It is a shiny, mirrored layer behind the retina that helps some animals to see in the dark. When light enters the eye much of it hits the ...

Ring-tailed lemurs look different! They retain a number of primitive mammalian traits. For example: Reflective tapetum lucidum, which is a layer of cells in the wall of the eye that reflects light ...