Most of us have seen a mood ring in our lifetimes. Depending on your body temperature, the ring would change colors. It seemed like magic back then, but as an adult you may have learned that there are ...

“The eyes are the window to the soul,” notes a timeless quote. And while your eyes also bring the world your way, the origins of eye color are fascinating and even mysterious. To help lay out the ...

You're introduced to someone and your attention catches on their eyes. They might be a rich, earthy brown, a pale blue, or the rare green that shifts with every flicker of light. Eyes have a way of ...

Scientists have learned that human eye color genetics are far more complex than we knew. Reporting in Science Advances, an international team of researchers has identified over 50 new genes that ...

It’s long been accepted that cephalopods – such as squids and octopuses – are unable to see color because their eyes contain only one kind of receptor. New work however, shows that their pupils, which ...

What determines the shade of your peepers? Experts weigh in on the rarest eye color in the world—and the genetics behind it. It’s said that our eyes are the mirrors of our souls, so it makes sense ...