Nature is full of many patterned animals, from the stripes on zebras, spots on leopards, to the intricate details on sea creatures. Researchers have studied for a long time the biological explanation ...

Animal stripes and spots might look decorative, but they’re the result of deeply complex biological processes that begin long ...

The same physical process that helps to remove dirt from laundry could explain how tropical fish and other patterned animals get their spots, according to new research. Published in Science Advances, ...

Whether an animal has spots, stripes or neither depends on the size of the embryo when two types of melanin form on its skin: eumelanin, which gives dark hair when abundant or light when not, and ...

Scientists found a long-tailed, patterned animal on sand dunes and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Orlova, Rasegar-Pouyani, Rajabizadeh, Nabizadeh, Poyarkov, Melnikov and Nazarov ...

Scientists found animals with a “ladder-like” pattern in woodlands of Australia and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Conrad Hoskin Hidden under the cover of night and nestled in the ...