Color patterns seen in fish and other animals evolved to serve various purposes. Lagunatic Photo/iStock via Getty Images Plus A thought experiment can help visualize the challenge of achieving ...

In our newly published research in Science Advances, my student Ben Alessio and I propose a potential mechanism explaining how these distinctive patterns form—that could potentially be applied to ...

Biologists have long been fascinated by the amazing diversity of animal colour patterns. Despite much interest, the underlying evolutionary and developmental mechanisms contributing to their rich ...

Many animals get their external marking—like, feathers, hair or scales-from genetics. But it turns out, the crocodile gets its head patterns differently. Scientists normally explain the spectacular ...

There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists. Now, researchers have advanced their breakthrough theory – and it could help ...

Most animals in nature stick to colours like green, brown, or grey– perfect for blending into forests, deserts, or oceans. These shades help them stay safe, hide from predators, or sneak up on prey.

We rarely come across naturally pink animals in the wild, but there are some out there. Much like naturally pink lakes, there’s a variety of reasons some animals might sport this rosy hue, ranging ...

We know that our community loves crochet animal rug patterns. Besides the cat rug patterns, we compiled our favorite crochet ...

My little granddaughter LOVES her dogs, but she is always trying to dress them up, and let’s just say they don’t love it. I decided to find some crochet dog patterns to make for her so she could dress ...

Ankur Gupta receives funding from NSF (CBET - 2238412) and ACS Petroleum Research Fund (65836 - DNI9). A thought experiment can help visualize the challenge of achieving distinctive color patterns.