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 ...

“The eyes are the window to the soul,” notes a timeless quote. And while your eyes also bring the world your way, the origins of eye color are fascinating and even mysterious. To help lay out the ...

Scientists have learned that human eye color genetics are far more complex than we knew. Reporting in Science Advances, an international team of researchers has identified over 50 new genes that ...

They say the eyes are "the window to the soul" and there's certainly much to be told about the enigmatic complexity of their varied colors. Dr. Rupa Wong, a board-certified ophthalmologist who owns ...

The most common types of color blindness, or color vision deficiency, are genetic. However, other types may develop due to injuries, eye diseases, health problems, and side effects of treatment.

Most prehistoric Europeans had dark skin, hair and eyes well into the Iron Age, about 3,000 years ago, new research finds. Scientists found that the genes that cause lighter skin, hair and eyes ...