On a battered rock in an ancient Martian riverbed, a pattern of dark, rounded patches has jolted planetary science. These “leopard spots” do not just look strange, they line up uncannily with what ...

From tiger stripes to leopard spots, the animal world is full of distinctive and intricate patterns. In a new study, CU Boulder scientists refined their previous theory of how animal patterns form and ...

Scientists found an animal with “unique” scales in rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Eli Greenbaum As the morning sun slipped ...