Animal movement and foraging have long captivated researchers striving to understand the underlying ... linking individual stochastic behaviours to collective patterns observed in nature [4].

More information: Sophie A. Montandon et al, Regulatory and disruptive variants in the CLCN2 gene are associated with modified skin color pattern phenotypes in the corn snake, Genome Biology (2025 ...

In many animals, skin colouration and its patterns play a crucial role in camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In the corn snake, some morphs display red, yellow, or pink blotches, and ...

The pattern of scales on their face and jaws is formed by a mechanical process of skin folding and not genetics. The findings are detailed in a study published December 11 in the journal Nature .

More than 70 years ago, mathematician Alan Turing proposed a mechanism that explained how patterns could emerge from bland uniformity. Scientists are still using his model—and adding new twists ...

Although research into these cells was lacking in Turing’s time, he recognized that there was a developmental process that formed skin patterns, and he wanted to find out how this occurred.

Have you ever wondered how the unusual patterns on a squid’s skin are formed? Scientists have studied these patterns to uncover new insights into how living things organise cells as they grow.