And then there’s the mongoose, with a height typically under two feet.“We didn’t find any animals with frontal eyes (like humans) that had horizontal pupils, except them,” Banks says.

Here’s a closer look into some animal eyes and their uses and functions. The eyes have it: Size, shape, abilities vary in some animals Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

Seeing the world is one of the most amazing animal adaptations. Different types of eyes give animals different types of vision, and in some cases they can be extraordinary. In this episode we take a ...

What is the smallest animal with eyes and could it see a molecule? Hillary Shaw, Newport, Shropshire, UK. It depends what one means by “see”, “eye” and “molecule”.

Other animals’ eyes glow too. Many other animals that need to see at night have a tapetum lucidum. That includes predators and prey alike, everything from wild foxes to farmed sheep and goats. The ...