Natural compound eyes (NCEs) were first investigated by Robert Hooke in 1664 after he observed orderly arranged pearls in the cornea of a grey drone fly. These NCEs then inspired the development of ...

Among fossils, trilobites are rock stars. They are adorable (as stony arthropods go), with a segmented shape distinctive enough to be a common logo. But they’re also fascinating because there are so ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal ...

Here’s what compound eyes really do — and why flies see you in slow motion. In this episode of Big Ideas, Niba explores how insects actually see the world — from the structure of ommatidia to motion ...

For animals with compound eyes to get a complete view of their environment, each optical unit needs to be arranged in a regular pattern. It is most common for these so-called ommatidia to have six ...