If the eyes are a window to the soul, the iris is the window dressing. Flashy, colorful and ever-changing like a tidal pool, the iris is what gives the eye its special character, offsetting the steely ...

It’s not unusual for blue-tinted rings to appear around your iris — the colored part of your eye. This condition is called corneal arcus. There may be a link between early onset corneal arcus (also ...

Do you have blue eyes? We talked to experts to discover curious facts about baby blues. Like, are all blue-eyed people related?

For 40 years, McCullough has lived on the same large corner lot at 200 E. Penn Grant Road in Willow Street. He became interested in irises in 1958, when he started growing a dozen varieties. Now he ...

Say 'heat wave' these days around Carolyn Craft and she turns visibly anxious, biting the corner of her lip and creasing her forehead. Mention gloomy weather and her face lights up brighter than her ...

Now that the daffodils are gone, tulips and irises are on deck. Tulips are fine flowers, but they typically will not rebloom in these parts. Irises, on the other hand, will hang around for years, ...

The colored part of the eye surrounding the pupil is called the iris. It automatically regulates the amount of light entering the eyes by regulating the size of the pupil. Light is the primary ...

At a time when everyone is worried about airline safety, the work of a little-known Cambridge University scientist could ease the public’s fear. John Daugman’s mathematical algorithms turn the human ...