Cats have pretty unusual eyes. Instead of having circular pupils like humans, they have vertical slits — which can adapt quickly and can open and close like the aperture of a camera. Why are cat eyes ...

There's a reason why the domestic cat's pupil has its distinctive, vertical slitted shape and the grazing goat's its horizontal, flattened look. In both cases, the eye's shape has evolved to help its ...

Cats have some of the most unique eyes in the animal world: Instead of having circular pupils like humans, the black parts in the centers of their eyes are vertical — which can adapt quickly and can ...

Tigers have round pupils, but domestic cats have vertical slits in the center of their eyes. What gives? A census of the shapes of animals' pupils... Eye Shapes Of The Animal World Hint At Differences ...

Blurry vision sounds like a reason to visit an eye doctor. But visual fuzziness might actually help some animals catch dinner. Out-of-focus areas created by vertically elongated pupils help predators ...

(via TEDEd) Peering into the eyes of different animals, you’ll see some extraordinarily shaped pupils. House cats, for one, are twilight hunters with vertically elongated pupils. Many grazing animals, ...

What do this cat's pupils say about what it had for dinner? Daniel Horacio Agostini/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 How do animals find their food? Clues are as close as an animal's eyes, as Claire Maldarelli ...

Berkeley -- While the eyes may be a window into one's soul, new research led by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the pupils could also reveal whether one is a hunter ...

There’s a reason why the domestic cat’s pupil has its distinctive, vertical slitted shape and the grazing goat’s its horizontal, flattened look. In both cases, the eye’s shape has evolved to help its ...