Cats have some of the most unique eyes in the animal world: Instead of having circular pupils like humans, the black parts in the centers of their eyes are vertical — which can adapt quickly and can ...

Cats have pretty unusual eyes. Instead of having circular pupils like humans, they have vertical slits — which can adapt quickly and can open and close like the aperture of a camera. Why are cat eyes ...

The pupils of domestic cats’ eyes are ovoid, but those of big cats such as lions and leopards are round like human pupils. Why is this and do the differences confer any advantage either way? • In ...

A bioinspired robotic eye could inspire the next generation of autonomous vehicles, drones and industrial robots.

(via TEDEd) Peering into the eyes of different animals, you’ll see some extraordinarily shaped pupils. House cats, for one, are twilight hunters with vertically elongated pupils. Many grazing animals, ...

Have you ever noticed the different shape of the pupil in the eyes of different animals? Some animals, such as the dog, have circular pupils similar to the human eye. Some animals, including goats, ...

What do this cat's pupils say about what it had for dinner? Daniel Horacio Agostini/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 How do animals find their food? Clues are as close as an animal's eyes, as Claire Maldarelli ...