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Zebras and tigers have stripes, cheetahs and leopards have spots, and the ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus) boasts a labyrinthine pattern of black-and-green chains of scales. Now researchers from ...
As each lizard aged, the overall pattern on their backs went from brown with white spots to a convoluted pattern of green and black. Roughly 1,500 scales changed colour, such that green scales had ...
Geckos and lizards, though similar, have distinct differences. All geckos are lizards, but not all lizards are geckos. Geckos ...
Skin color patterns in animals arise from microscopic interactions among colored cells that obey equations, say investigators. Researchers report that a lizard acquires its adult skin color by ...
His lab’s working prototype of a hydrogen fuel cell, based on the finely patterned water-conducting scales of desert lizards and the well-optimized vein patterns of leaves, gained 30% more peak ...
These lizards are born with unimpressive brown and white polka dots. But as they grow, they develop this beautiful, labyrinthine green-and-black pattern across their bodies.
A simple, decades-old mathematical model developed by Alan Turing can predict how subtle colour patterns will develop in a lizard’s scaly skin. Over seventy years ago, the computer scientist ...