In recent decades, advances in lighting technology have precipitated exponential increases
in night sky brightness worldwide, raising concerns in the scientific community about the …

Raptors have always fascinated mankind, owls for their highly sensitive vision, and eagles
for their high visual acuity. We summarize what is presently known about the eyes as well as …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

During the last decades, artificial night lighting has increased globally, which largely affected
many plant and animal species. So far, current research highlights the importance of artificial …

The illumination of the environment undergoes both intensity and spectral changes during
the 24 h cycle of a day. Daylight spectral power distributions are well described by low …

The nighttime environment is being altered rapidly over large areas worldwide through
introduction of artificial lighting, from streetlights and other sources. This is predicted to …

Pressures for survival make sensory circuits adapted to a species' natural habitat and its
behavioral challenges. Thus, to advance our understanding of the visual system, it is …

Diurnal and nocturnal African dung beetles use celestial cues, such as the sun, the moon,
and the polarization pattern, to roll dung balls along straight paths across the savanna …

Fluorescence, the absorption of short-wavelength electromagnetic radiation reemitted at
longer wavelengths, has been suggested to play several biological roles in metazoans. This …

The ability to see colour at night is known only from a handful of animals. First discovered in
the elephant hawk moth Deilephila elpenor, nocturnal colour vision is now known from two …