Wayne Iwan Lee Davies

It’s all about evolution. Flickr/myri_bonnie

October 17, 2017

Curious Kids: Why do so many animals seem to have pink ears, when their bodies are all different colours?

Wayne Iwan Lee Davies, The University of Western Australia and Shaun Collin, The University of Western Australia

Animals that evolved in cold parts of the world usually have lighter skin. If a light-skinned animal has blood vessels close to the surface of their ear skin, this will make the ears look pink.

Opsin genes, one of the building blocks of vision, first emerged roughly 700 million years ago. ~Dezz~

October 30, 2012

Eye to the past: vision may be older than previously thought

Wayne Iwan Lee Davies, The University of Western Australia and David Martin Hunt, The University of Western Australia

The eye is perhaps one of the best examples of Darwinian evolution. Incremental steps driven by natural selection have led to the evolution of this complex organ from its origin as a simple light-sensitive…

New research could help prevent negative encounters between “us” and “them”. Richard Ling

September 19, 2012

Red alert in the deep blue: sharks are probably colour‑blind

Wayne Iwan Lee Davies, The University of Western Australia and Nathan Hart, The University of Western Australia

We’ve known since early last year that sharks are most likely colour-blind. But today, in a paper published in Biology Letters by our team at UWA, we explain why this is the case. It’s a finding we believe…

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