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 ...

A thought experiment can help visualize the challenge of achieving distinctive color patterns. Imagine gently adding a drop of blue and red dye to a cup of water. The drops will slowly disperse ...

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.

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

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 ...

Understanding the movement patterns of wild animals is a fundamental question in ecology with implications for wildlife conservation. It has recently been hypothesized that random search patterns ...

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Designer Eleanor Lutz used high-speed nature footage, Photoshop, and Illustrator to map the wingbeats of five different species. The result is a visually arresting confluence of art and science that ...

The science of animal camouflage has fascinated humans since antiquity. From resembling leaves and vegetation, to possessing colors that blend in with a variety of natural backgrounds, animals use ...