Study co-author Mason Dean, a biologist at City University of Hong Kong, first noted a regular tiled pattern in micro ...
A stitched plant-health map of cover crops shows a grazing gradient where patterns are starting to emerge. Animals were first released into the left paddock, and every day, a new paddock was made ...
More than 70 years ago, mathematician Alan Turing proposed a mechanism that explained how patterns could emerge from bland uniformity. Scientists are still using his model—and adding new twists—to ...
There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists. Now, researchers have advanced their breakthrough theory – and it could help ...
Color patterns seen in fish and other animals evolved to serve various purposes. Lagunatic Photo/iStock via Getty Images Plus A thought experiment can help visualize the challenge of achieving ...
Nature follows mathematical rules and creates repeating patterns across completely different organisms and environments.