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Researchers have identified 50 new genes for eye color in a study involving the genetic analysis of almost 195,000 people across Europe and Asia. The genetics of human eye colour is much more complex ...

The new color, "olo," is a hyper-saturated version of blue-green Getty Scientists conducting targeted retinal stimulation claim to have discovered a new color. In a study published in Science Advances ...

Researchers have revealed that chimpanzees and bonobos share the contrasting color pattern seen in human eyes, which makes it easy for them to detect the direction of someone's gaze from a distance.

The human eye is capable of so many biological wonders, it’s easy to lose track. To note just a few: Ciliary muscles cause your eyes to autofocus almost instantaneously, some 240 million rods help the ...

A newborn's eyes can change color in the six to eight months after birth. Eye color is determined by the amount of melanin present in the iris of the eye, which develops as newborn babies grow. You ...