The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The natural world presents a palette of beautiful complexity. From the ...

Presumably, these fish wearing maze fashions reflect what the math predicts, a cross between dark spots on light and light spots on dark. Scientists are also investigating how a creature’s pattern ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The natural world presents a palette of beautiful complexity. From the peacock tail and the eyespots of a butterfly, to the ...