Some lucky people have rare genetic mutations that enable them to feel well-rested after just four hours of sleep, while the rest of us need around eight hours to function. Now, researchers have ...

Researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) have discovered that a mutation in a gene called emc1 causes major vision problems in zebrafish. Zebrafish with this mutation had poorly developed eye ...

Less than 30% of people with certain genetic variants go blind, despite the faulty genes previously being thought to cause ...

As much as 80% of the global population is believed to have brown eyes, while only 8 to 10% of people worldwide have blue eyes, 5% have hazel eyes and about 2% of all people have green eyes. But brown ...

What determines the shade of your peepers? Experts weigh in on the rarest eye color in the world—and the genetics behind it. It’s said that our eyes are the mirrors of our souls, so it makes sense ...