These bold patterns are far more than just beautiful—they’re a vital survival tool that helps zebras navigate the challenges ...

Top: A male ornate boxfish (aracana ornata). Bottom left: a close-up of the boxfish’s natural hexagonal pattern. Bottom center: fish pattern simulation based on Turing’s reaction-diffusion theory.

The animals can possess different patterns, from a small patch of white on their heads to bold white stripes that merge into a cape-like pattern. There can even be all-white or all-black animals ...

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of how some animals get their stripes and spots. There are many animals that have these patterns on their skin or fur—including tigers, zebras and ...

Mowing stripes in your lawn will give your lawn a professional touch. Experts explain how to create this neat look and give ...

Turing patterns offer insight into (among other things) the patterns we find on animals, whether it’s the splotches on giraffes, the dot-and-line motifs on whale sharks, or the stripes on tigers.

For the pattern-shy (myself included), stripes are an easy entry point. Long associated with prep-school and nautical styles, stripes are a classic. They feel more approachable than, say, a floral or ...

There’s a reason fashion designers look to animal prints for inspiration. Creatures have evolved a dizzying array of patterns: stripes, spots, diamonds, chevrons, hexagons and even mazelike designs.

Nature has no shortage of patterns, from spots on leopards to stripes on zebras and hexagons on boxfish. But a full explanation for how these patterns form has remained elusive. Now engineers at CU ...

Bernadette Woods Placky, chief meteorologist at Climate Central, an organisation that communicates climate change science and solutions, first saw the stripes on a Facebook group of TV ...

With a pattern similar to a barcode, these stripes, created by a climate scientist, depict the global average temperature each year since 1850. Institute for Environmental Analytics Facebook ...