Across the world, 8% to 10% of people have blue eyes, which is still second place to brown eyes, which 70% to 80% of all individuals have. The rarest eye colors are green and gray.

On Buton Island in Indonesia, a rare genetic disorder called Waardenburg Syndrome has led to a high prevalence of striking blue eyes among the Buton tribe. While these eyes are visually ...

You probably know a number of people who have blue eyes (and you may possess them yourself), but just about 10,000 years ago, blue-eyed folks were unheard of. For a long time, all humans had brown ...

You probably know a number of people who have blue eyes (and you may possess them yourself), but just about 10,000 years ago, blue-eyed folks were unheard of. For a long time, all humans had brown ...

Blue eyes have been around for at least 7,000 years but we still don't know exactly why they evolved. Brad Pitt has them, Paul Newman had them — but when it comes to the human population as a ...

All blue-eyed people have a single genetic mutation that first occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, ... 27% have blue eyes, 18% have hazel eyes and 9% have green eyes.

While they may look similar to blue eyes, they often have a silvery or smokey appearance, sometimes with hints of green or hazel. Only about three percent of people worldwide have this rare eye color.

All blue-eyed people share a specific genetic trait that leads scientists to believe that all blue-eyed people share an ancestor from 6,000 to 10,000 years ago.