Optogenetic therapy has for the first time enabled a man who was completely blind to locate and identify objects while wearing specialized goggles.

A new app detects a telltale characteristic of autism in toddlers. The technology could one day offer an inexpensive, scalable early screening tool.

Not all patients with elevated eye pressure need treatment, according to a new study that shows most don’t go on to lose vision from glaucoma.

New research with gar fish indicates that our eye-brain connection evolved far earlier than textbooks now say.

A new model of the human eye created with retina cells should help resolve a debate among researchers about the causes of age-related macular degeneration.

Are humans the only species to experience the world consciously? A new study suggests the answer is no.

By age three, children show a preference for the fractal patterns common in nature, despite growing up in a world of Euclidean geometry.

A new microneedle-injected hydrogel could one day offer a way to treat glaucoma without drugs or surgery.

Researchers have found similarities in the way a computer vision network trained to "view" in 2D and the method human brains use for seeing objects in 3D.

CRISPR could help pave the way for new treatments for inherited retina diseases, researchers report.