Researchers found that vertebrate eyes - including humans’ - began as brain tissue from a single ancestral light-sensing organ.

These three connected stories about the whole of human history can’t quite sustain the necessary emotional heft.

The ability to regenerate lost body parts has long captured human fascination. Many creatures out in nature can perform feats of repair that far surpass our own abilities. For example, salamanders can ...

The eye of the apple snail is unusually similar to a human eye-but, unlike human eyes, it can regrow itself if injured or even amputated. New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research ...

Discover how Allvar Gullstrand's Nobel-winning research transformed our understanding of the human eye and vision science.