Stripes are common in our lives. It’s a pretty basic pattern, and easy to take for granted. As an applied mathematician who studies how patterns form in nature, though, I am wowed by the striped ...

Researchers say the feisty, territorial fish tell between threatening intruders and innocuous cohabitants by counting the stripes across their bodies. Scientists tested the orange fish to gauge their ...

Several anemonefish or clownfish share one anemone, with the largest fish being a female. This is a trio of common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris). Dauin, Philippines. (Credit: Klaus Stiefel / CC ...

One of the things the human brain naturally excels at is recognizing all sorts of patterns, such as stripes on zebras, shells of turtles, and even the structure of crystals. Thanks to our progress in ...

Stripe patterns are commonly seen in nature—for instance, birds and fish move in coordinated flocks and schools, fingerprints form unique designs, and zebras can be identified by their distinctive ...

Animal patterns are a source of endless fascination, and now researchers have worked out how zebrafish develop their stripes. Animal patterns -- the stripes, spots and rosettes seen in the wild -- are ...

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 ...

Scientists have decoded the evolution of the distinctive orange and white patterned clownfish — the coral reef fish species that was featured in the popular animated movie ‘Finding Nemo.’ Coral reef ...

One of the most famous examples of coral fish is the clownfish, which starred in the animated Pixar film Finding Nemo in 2003. This small fish, which lives in symbiosis with the sea anemone, is easily ...

Hybrid striped bass, or “wipers,” are a genetic cross between striped bass and white bass. The result is a silver fish with horizontal black stripes and a black back — with the potential to grow large ...

(Nanowerk News) What connection could possibly exist between the stripes on tropical fish and crystal growth? The answer is the way in which order emerges from randomness through Turing patterns, ...