Here's some science trivia for you: unlike the inner retina in most animals (including us), birds' inner retinas function without oxygen. And now, researchers led by a team from Aarhus University in ...

Bird retinas survive without oxygen by burning sugar scientists solve 300 year mystery that could help treat human strokes.

Neural tissue normally dies quickly without oxygen. Yet bird retinas—among the most energy-demanding tissues in the animal ...

Biologists have finally solved a centuries-old mystery regarding how birds maintain sharp eyesight despite ...

The discovery fundamentally changes the understanding of a structure in the avian eye that has been misinterpreted for centuries.