“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 ...

Blue eyes have fascinated culture, media, and Hollywood celebrities for generations, but recent research reveals there may be real biological and psychological threads connecting people with this ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your baby could start with blue eyes and be completely different by age 1. The first photos of your newborn might capture their ...

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 ...

An international team of scientists has identified 50 more genes for eye color. In a 12-page study published Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances, researchers led by King’s College ...

"Why are eyes different colors?" asked a young patron at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. The colored part of the eye is the iris, but whether it is brown, gray, hazel, or blue, eye color is ...