An insect's compound eye sees really well because each of its light-sensitive cells has its own dedicated lens. That means insect eyes have a huge field of view, are highly sensitive to motion ...

Compound Eyes The structure of the insect eye is what gave rise to the misconception. Unlike the simpler lenses of most animals, the compound eye of an insect is composed of many thousands of ...

Single lens eyes, like those in humans and many other animals, can create sharp images, but the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans have an edge when it comes to peripheral vision, light ...

The eyes of insects are very different than those of mammals like humans. Nevertheless, they serve their owners well.

Insect Eyes Inspire Tiny Lenses With High-Res Power Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed tiny lenses that can produce an extremely wide range of vision at high resolution.

With mosquitoes, chiggers and no-see-ums out and biting people this summer, here's how to tell the difference between the ...

A camera smaller than a fingernail can now see what most high-speed cameras miss. Inspired by the eyes of insects, scientists have created a tiny, powerful device that captures fast-moving scenes ...

Insects exhibit impressive agility and responsiveness even when faced with low-light conditions. The secret lies in their compound eyes, which are capable of detecting motion with incredible speed ...

Designed for people experiencing macular degeneration—the leading cause of vision loss among people over the age of 60—the glasses mimic insect eyes, which use anywhere from dozens to ...

Instead of having a single lens, as human eyes do, to focus an image on the retina, insect eyes have many fine tubes, each tipped with a small lens.

From compasses mimicking insect eyes to forest fire-fighting robots that behave like vines, here's a selection of this year's nature-based technology. Insect compass ...

By mimicking how some insects use polarised light to navigate, a light-detecting compass can tell where magnetic north is even if clouds are covering the sun ...