Whether purebred or mixed breed, dogs come in a variety of colors and patterns, from dark to light, solid to spotted, and everything in between. Do you know what a brindle coat is, or what a merle ...

In our newly published research in Science Advances, my student Ben Alessio and I propose a potential mechanism explaining how these distinctive patterns form—that could potentially be applied to ...

The colors and patterns of black swallowtails reveal the diversity of evolutionary dynamics acting on the sexes and the various life-history stages Six species of swallowtail butterflies occur locally ...

Visual signals, such as color patterns are an important communication medium for anemonefish. Researchers from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have recently elucidated how the patterns on ...

Patterns on animal skin, such as zebra stripes and poison frog color patches, serve various biological functions, including temperature regulation, camouflage and warning signals. The colors making up ...

Cats are intelligent and spunky creatures, forever keeping owners on their toes with their shenanigans. Along with an array of quirky cat behaviors and catlike charms, kitties also sport a variety of ...

"Patterns in Nature: The Art of Hybycozo" is a new exhibition at the Missouri Botanical Garden made of 21 large geometric forms with intricate patterns in their surfaces. By day, they are ...

Scientists have unraveled the enigma of inheritance of coat color patterns in dogs. The researchers discovered that a genetic variant responsible for a very light coat in dogs and wolves originated ...

Cats are beautiful in so many ways, including their coat colors and patterns, of which there are many. And it isn’t just longhaired and shorthaired cats who boast a range of looks, as even hairless ...