Entomologist Frank Eugene Lutz of Manhattan’s American Museum of Natural History has discovered that bees can see ultraviolet light. If the bee’s food receptacle is labeled with a card painted ...

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Have you ever wondered why bees or butterflies flock to certain flowers, while completely ignoring others? How do our flying pollinator friends decide what plants to feast upon, and which to flutter ...

We all have our own ideas about what goes well together, whether it’s peanut butter and jelly (or honey) or, as my youngest daughter and her friends relish, french fries dipped in milkshakes or ...

Scientists have devised a new video system that reveals how animals see color, and us. By Emily Anthes Is the sky truly blue? Forget cerulean — a bright, clear sky is actually dominated by ultraviolet ...

An illustration showing how bees visually perceive the environment. Imagine for a moment you could perceive the world like a bee. Bees have the fastest color vision in the animal world, about five ...

In October 2013, artist Nickolay Lamm published a series of panoramic photos, blurred at the edges and duplicated through what appears to be a washed-out filter. Through his own research and ...

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