Nature features breathtaking patterns. Now, physicists based in China have found a way to recreate these natural motifs in 3-D -- using just a little electricity.

It’s a winter to remember – one that is likely to trigger a host of studies that try to tease out details of the factors contributing to the season’s snowstorms.

But in the natural world, what we widely refer to as leopard print is designed to blend in rather than stand out; its blotches and patterns are meant to hide predators as they hunt in the flora ...

For anyone living in the 21st century, it’s hard to imagine a battle scene that isn’t plastered with camouflage: soldiers in muted green-brown fatigues, marching beside tanks painted the same colors.

Be inspired to create your own print by the patterns you see in the natural world. From zebra stripes to rainbow scales, we have more than 4,000 specimens on display to inspire your work. Join local ...

Six species of swallowtail butterflies occur locally, and they combine yellow, black, orange, blue and red in several diverse patterns that invariably catch the eye.

Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does Philip Ball. Univ. of Chicago, $35 (288p) ISBN 978-0-226-33242-0 ...