Dragonflies and Humans Share Way of Seeing Red, New Research Shows

Apr 13, 2026 - 15:15
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Dragonflies and Humans Share Way of Seeing Red, New Research Shows
Asiagomphus melaenops female in Miroku forest, Kasugai, Aichi prefecture, Japan. Image credit: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0.

A newly-identified visual protein lets dragonflies detect deep red and near-infrared light using a mechanism strikingly similar to that in human eyes, an unexpected case of parallel evolution with potential medical applications, according to new research from Osaka Metropolitan University.

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