Humans love stripes so much, they use them in interior décor, fashion, and architecture. Sometimes, they even use specific animal prints, further spreading the uniqueness of wildlife throughout ...

Their bold stripes seem almost out of place in a world of muted browns and greens. Why would nature paint a wild animal in such dramatic patterns? For centuries, scientists and storytellers alike ...

The world-famous mathematician Alan Turing found a possible mechanism for iconic animal patterns thanks to differential equations ...

Researchers said they named the new species after Ivo Silva dos Santos, a “technical assistant in the Ichthyology Laboratory of the Instituto de Pesquisas Científcas e Tecnológicas do Amapá,” because ...

In many animals, skin coloration and its patterns ... and their dorsal spots can merge or turn into stripes. But which genetic and cellular mechanisms determine these colorful patterns?