A dog owner replaced a rug in the room and quickly found the new pattern had a specific spot that piqued the canine's interest. The pattern has a distinct circle near the edge of the rug, outlined in ...

There’s a reason fashion designers look to animal prints for inspiration. Creatures have evolved a dizzying array of patterns: stripes, spots, diamonds, chevrons, hexagons and even mazelike designs.

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 ...