The light-absorbing retina has an exceptionally high oxygen demand, which imposes two conflicting needs: high rates of blood perfusion and an unobstructed light path devoid of …
In vertebrate vision, early retinal circuits divide incoming visual information into functionally opposite elementary signals: On and Off, transient and sustained, chromatic and achromatic …
Y Liu, Y Jiang, J Xu, W Liao - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Birds often exhibit differences in locomotion, foraging, and predator detection, many of which are often reflected in their eye sizes. Therefore, understanding the …
Polycotylids are plesiosaurian marine reptiles that evolved during the Early Cretaceous and radiated into multiple genera during the Late Cretaceous. Here we describe a small new …
CC Veilleux, CP Heesy - Owl Monkeys: Biology, Adaptive Radiation, and …, 2023 - Springer
Diurnal haplorhines exhibit derived traits for high-acuity photopic vision, unique across mammals, and many other vertebrates. Yet, sometime in the mid-Miocene (12–15 MYA), the …
CLM Blary, O Duriez, F Bonadonna… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Vision is an important sensory modality in birds, which can outperform other vertebrates in some visual abilities. However, sensitivity to achromatic contrasts–the ability to discern …
MM Dymskaya, IA Volodin, AV Smorkatcheva… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2022 - Springer
For human-audible vocalizations (below 20 kHz) of rodents, subterranean lifestyle results in low-frequency calls coupled with low-frequency hearing. For ultrasonic vocalizations (above …
C Blary, F Bonadonna, E Dussauze… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To reduce bird collisions on wind turbines, Automatic Detection Systems have been developed to locate approaching birds and trigger turbines to slowdown to 2–3 rotations per …
Birds of prey rely on vision to execute flight manoeuvres that are key to their survival, such as intercepting fast-moving targets or navigating through clutter. A better understanding of …