Turing patterns are striking examples of self-organised structures arising in reaction–diffusion systems, where the interplay of chemical reactions and diffusion processes gives rise to spatial ...

(CNN) — The strikingly patterned ornate boxfish has no lack of detail when it comes to its hexagonal spots and keen stripes — the intricate markings are so sharp-edged in the species that it had ...

What happens if you cross a fish that has white spots on a black body with another fish that has black spots on a white body? You might think that you’d get a fish with a single uniform colour, or one ...

Nature follows mathematical rules and creates repeating patterns across completely different organisms and environments.

The labyrinthine patterns on the skins of some animals may be the result of interbreeding between two more simply patterned species. That’s the lesson from a computer model that predicts the skin ...