Your baby could start with blue eyes and be completely different by age 1. The first photos of your newborn might capture their sweet baby blues peeking out from under sleepy lids. But by their first ...

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 ...

Is there a link between blue eyes and the risk of alcoholism? — -- There's a new potential clue in the ongoing effort to understand the genetic links to alcoholism: eye color. People with lighter ...

The mesmerizing colors of human eyes—from deep browns to vibrant blues, subtle greens, and rare ambers—result from intricate genetic factors that influence melanin production in the iris. This same ...

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 ...

Eye color is an important identifier used to describe someone's appearance in media, social interactions, and by state and national databases such as the driver's license division or passport office.

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 ...

For decades, people have speculated about Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor's eyes, questioning their true hue: Are they blue velvet, deep purple or vivid violet? Such is the legend surrounding Taylor's ...