The reason patterns often appear in nature is simple: The same basic physical or chemical processes occur in many patterned substances and organisms as they form. Whether in plants and animals or ...

The reason patterns often appear in nature is simple: The same basic physical or chemical processes occur in many patterned substances and organisms as they form.

Nature has many patterns and ecologists seek to both describe and understand them. Nature also is very complex. One challenge is to find patterns in that complexity and to ask whether simple ...

At the molecular level, nature's patterns are three-dimensional. But it's not easy to make 3-D patterns, Dong said.

This weekend, the Franklin Institute opens its summer exhibition about mathematical patterns that recur in nature. Its centerpiece is a 1,700-square-foot maze of mirrors, set in a grid of equilateral ...

Nature is a canvas of beautiful patterns. Much of these patterns look complex, but they're actually made up of simple patterns that repeat over and over again.

The Science Behind Nature’s Patterns A new book explores the physical and chemical reasons behind incredible visual structures in the living and non-living world ...

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules also found in branching patterns in nature.

How I Use Nature's Patterns to Optimize Garden Design Patterns help us find efficiencies—to see the path of least resistance—and learn from nature what works best.

From rippled waves to striated skies, natural patterns afford a wonderful opportunity to contemplate nature’s most powerful expressions.

New experiments confirm that complex patterns in plants emerge from a model proposed by mathematician Alan Turing.