How does an octopus change its colours, while colour blind? And why do birds have such radiant plumages? Our understanding of the way animals see and feel the world has taken great leaps forward in recent years thanks to the work of researchers, and two from Auckland University are world leaders in their fields.
Dr Misha Vorobyev is a physicist and mathematician at the School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Auckland. Misha talks to Kathryn about his research on bees and the colours they see in flowers, as well as how an octopus can have an awareness of the colours of its environment. Dr Kristal Cain is a lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences and is an integrative organismal biologist.
She speaks to Kathryn about her work observing birds, and in particular the flashing signals of the tītipounamu, not visible to the human eye.
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