However, computer simulations based on Turing’s idea created spots that were blurrier than those found in nature. In 2023, University of Colorado at Boulder chemical engineer Ankur Gupta and his ...

Imperfections in animal patterns could inspire adaptive materials that shift color, shape, and function like nature itself.

Scientists have been trying for decades to crack the code of how different animal patterns emerge from a mass of developing ...

Nature’s full of illusionists, and they’re not all hiding in plain sight by accident. Across the animal kingdom, creatures have evolved remarkable ways to stay alive by blending in, standing out, or ...

For some, nature’s designs are mesmerizing; for others, terrifying. From pufferfish skin to bee hives and marine sponges, this documentary examines how certain animals unintentionally spark ...

Manatee sightings have been on the rise this summer along North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Jennette’s Pier director Mike Remige says manatees traveling so far north is unusual for the Florida animals, ...