Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Dragonflies share humans' red-light sensing trick, detecting wavelengths near 720 nm

Sometimes, different organisms can evolve the same ability independently, a process called parallel evolution. A new study from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) has found that dragonflies sense red light similarly to mammals, including humans. The findings were published in Cellular and Molecular...

Dragonflies share humans' red-light sensing trick, detecting wavelengths near 720 nm
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Sometimes, different organisms can evolve the same ability independently, a process called parallel evolution. A new study from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) has found that dragonflies sense red light similarly to mammals, including humans. The findings were published in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

Originally published at Phys.org

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