Grazing animals’ eyes can rotate by 50 degrees or more in each eye, a range 10 times greater than human eyes, the researchers said. How ambush predators focus when catching prey. For ambush predators ...

Banks and his team looked at the eyes of 214 different species of land animals, and found a clear relationship between the shape of their pupils and their ecological role. Predatory animals that ...

Pursuing prey through a complex environment is a major challenge for the visual system, ... Eye saccades in mammals align the motion of the environment, rather than the target, ...

Hunter vs prey eyes. The term "hunter eyes" describes eye shapes with a positive canthal tilt, hooded eyelids, an almond shape, and minimal or no visible sclera (the white part of the eye).

Animals with eyes at the sides of their head, which have horizontally-elongated pupils, are likely to be prey. "Having eyes towards the side of their head helps them to see nearly all around them.

Birds of prey are apex predators, ruling the skies with razor-sharp talons and wings giant enough to envelop a full-grown man. They spend their lives at the top of the food chain because they have ...