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 ...

New York: Scientists have unravelled the mystery behind why cats' eyes have creepy vertical slits for pupils, suggesting the reason may lie in felines' preferred mode of hunting. Vertical-slit pupils ...

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 ...

Researchers found that ambush predators, like many cats and snakes, were most likely to sport vertical-slit pupils, particularly when those animals were active at night. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint ...

A link between pupil shape and the feeding behaviour of animals has been made by studying the eyes of 214 species. By modelling how differently shaped pupils collect light, researchers in the UK and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered why your cat's eyes have those creepy vertical slits for pupils? A new study suggests the reason may lie in cats' preferred mode of hunting. Vertical-slit pupils are most common ...

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 ...