One may expect a creature that darts around its habitat to be capable of perceiving rapid changes as well. Yet birds are famed more for their good visual acuity. Joint research by Uppsala University, ...

The color vision of birds stops working considerably earlier in the course of the day than was previously believed, in fact, in the twilight. Birds need between 5 and 20 times as much light as humans ...

A sweeping new Cal Poly study of North American birds reveals that environmental change does not affect all species equally ...

Aug. 29 (UPI) --According to a new study, some birds of prey can detect contrasts between objects at a greater distance than humans -- but only if the object is a different color than the background.

Why is it so hard to sneak up on a bunch of sparrows on the sidewalk? According to a new PLOS ONE study, small birds boast ultra-rapid vision that’s faster than that of any other vertebrate – and more ...

Eyesight and vision in birds is complex. It’s a bird’s most important sense and relative to their size, they have the largest eyes of any animal. Some birds have binocular vision, others monocular ...

The most attractive male birds attract more females and as a result are most successful in terms of reproduction. This is the starting point of many studies looking for factors that influence sexual ...

One may expect a creature that darts around its habitat to be capable of perceiving rapid changes as well. Yet birds are famed more for their good visual acuity. New research now shows that, in small ...