Animal movement and foraging have long captivated researchers striving to understand the underlying principles that drive how organisms search for and exploit resources. Contemporary studies reveal ...

More than 70 years ago, mathematician Alan Turing proposed a mechanism that explained how patterns could emerge from bland uniformity. Scientists are still using his model—and adding new twists—to ...

Animals and plants around the world are not randomly distributed. They appear to follow trends and patterns. But it's often ...

A study of over 200,000 records reveals starfish diversity shifts with ocean depth, challenging long-held patterns of marine ...

Researchers led by Noah Cowan at Johns Hopkins University have secured NIH funding to probe how animals alternate between ...

This post was written by Karen Alexander, MPA. As humans, we are naturally inclined to recognize patterns, often imbuing them with meaning — a psychological phenomenon known as pareidolia. This can ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Nature is alive with a special type of pattern called fractals. From the smallest ice crystal to the vastness of the galaxy, fractals are the building blocks of the natural world.