And not all eyes animals' glow the same color. Powell says this is due to different substances — like riboflavin or zinc — in an animal's tapetum. "Also," she says, ...

Cats and many other animals, including most dogs, can reflect light from their eyes. That’s why cats’ eyes will usually shine brightly in photos taken in a dimly lit room or glow when ...

As a result, animals see better at night by double-dipping their light. They can process the light coming inward through their eyes, but also get the information as it goes back outwards. Our primary ...

The net effect or benefit for the animal is that the retina has two opportunities to receive the light, once when it is incident and next when the tapetum lucidum sends it back. As a result, the ...

When we hear that reindeer eyes change color, most of us think of the iris—the colored part of the eye. While reindeer ...

Dr. DJ Haeussler, a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist at The Animal Eye Institute in Ohio, explained in the PetMD article that feline eyes glow "when light is shined at them due to a ...

A fatal animal disease, distemper, has become epidemic among raccoons, California's Greeley Police Department warned. The virus causes aggression, eye discharge, aggression, glowing green eyes.

The secret behind the glowing eyes is a structure called the tapetum lucidum. ... This reflection through the eye produces the yellow glow we see when looking at the animal’s eyes.

Animal Eyes introduces young readers to the wonderful, ... This gives cats and other animals that distinct eye glow. Peacock mantis shrimp are said to have the best vision in the world.

Family tree of ‘octocorals’ pushes origin of bioluminescence back to 540 million years ago, when the first animal species developed eyes. Skip to main content Thank you for visiting nature.com.